Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives are the latest to join the line up of African fiction headed to the big screen. The announcement was made on Twitter earlier today by Netflix Naija, the Nigerian arm of the online streaming platform. Netflix Naija is partnering with Nigerian media […]
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Victor Ehikhamenor’s Gorgeous Co-Working Space, Angels & Muse, to be Featured in Netflix Reality TV Series, Amazing Interiors
Last year, the award-winning artist and writer Victor Ehikhamenor opened a multi-modal co-working space in Lagos called Angels and Muse. Located at 5, Sumbo Jibowu Street, off Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, it is a marvelous one, walls draped with murals, stained glass, and beautiful lighting, making for a stunning visual and immersive experience. The creative hub, […]
Here is How to Join Netflix and Triggerfish’s All-African Team of Female Writers
You may have heard the news about Netflix picking up Malenga Mulendema’s Mama K’s Team 4, an animation story about an all-girl teenage spy team in Lusaka. Read here if you missed it. Netflix, in collaboration with Cape Town based Triggerfish Animation studio and London-based entertainment company CAKE, is putting together a one-of-a-kind creative team: […]
Netflix Acquires Mama K’s Team 4, a Futuristic Animation Series Set in Zambia
Netflix has acquired rights to stream Mama K’s Team 4. An animation series set in a futuristic Lusaka, the story chronicles the exploits of four teenage spies. Mama K, a retired spy herself, recruits these four girls to save the world from all kinds of villains and disasters. Mama K’s Team 4 was conceived of by […]
Film Adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation Set for 2015 Release
Yet another African novel makes a bold entrance into Hollywood. Way back in 2013, Deadline announced that Cary Fukunaga, the director of the critically acclaimed HBO show, True Detective, was teaming up with Idris Elba to film Uzodinma Iweala’s war drama titled, Beasts of No Nation. Word has just come through that the project is done […]
African Literary News | Half of a Yellow Sun Makes It to Netflix
Half of a Yellow Sun film is now available for streaming on Netflix. Biyi Bandele’s adaptation of Adichie’s war drama is a 2013 Nollywood-Hollywood collaboration starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor. With the very limited theatrical release, only a lucky few saw the film on the big screen. Even with the DVD release and pay-per-view streaming last year, […]
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