"Half of a Yellow Sun" Premieres This Month!

One of the reason I have so much excitement for this month
of April, is that Chimamda Adiche’s award winning novel “Half of a Yellow Sun”
movie will be premiere. Saturday, 12^th of April 2014 to be precise.
You won’t believe that I already have the date marked on my calendar, now I’m
counting days to go watch the movie.

I heard that the movie will be released in cinemas in Nigeria
on Friday 25^th of April 2014 and it was said to have been released
in Australia on the 27^th of March 2014 and will be released in UK on
the 11^th of April 2014.

The movie had its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International
Film Festival in September 2013 and in London at the BFI London Film Festival
in October 2013 respectively.

The movie was directed by Biyi Bandele.

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Genevieve Nnaji,
Onyeka Onwenu

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won the US National Critics Book Prize for her novel "Americanah"

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won the US National Critics Book Prize Award for her novel "Americanah".The National Critics Book Prize was first awarded in 1974 and its open to writers of all nationalities whose work has been published in the US .

Chimamanda’s novel tells the story of a Nigerian woman who moves to the US to pursue a college education.

The writer’s novel “Americanah” has also been nominated for the UK’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction-formerly known as the Orange Prize alongside 19 other authors. .Six finalist will be announced on April 7, 2014 and the winner will be unveiled on June 4, 2014.