{"id":14896,"date":"2014-06-07T07:26:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T07:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/lupita-nyong-o-to-star-in-americanah-movie\/"},"modified":"2014-06-07T07:25:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T07:25:01","slug":"lupita-nyong-o-to-star-in-americanah-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/lupita-nyong-o-to-star-in-americanah-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Lupita Nyong’o to Star in Americanah Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o is to star in and produce an adaptation of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s acclaimed novel Americanah.}}<\/p>\n

It will be made by Brad Pitt’s company Plan B, producers of 12 Years a Slave – which won Nyong’o an Oscar in February.<\/p>\n

Americanah centres on two Nigerians who fall in love, but find themselves separated by immigration issues.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Nyong’o said it was an “honour to bring Ms Adichie’s brilliant book to the screen”.<\/p>\n

Americanah, which follows lovers Ifemelu and Obinze, won the prestigious US National Book Critics Circle Award in 2013.<\/p>\n

It was also on the shortlist for this week’s Baileys Prize for Women’s Fiction in the UK, but lost out to Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing.<\/p>\n

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{ {{Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun has also been made into a movie}} }<\/p>\n

“Page after page I was struck by Ifemelu and Obinze’s stories, whose experiences as African immigrants are so specific and also so imminently relatable,” said Nyong’o.<\/p>\n

“It is a thrilling challenge to tell a truly international story so full of love, humour and heart.”<\/p>\n

Adichie’s award-winning novels include Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, which was recently made into a film starring Thandie Newton and 12 Years a Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor.<\/p>\n

Nyong’o became an overnight star with her performance in 12 Years a Slave, winning this year’s best supporting actress Academy Award.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, it was announced that she was to join the cast of the latest Star Wars film.<\/p>\n

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{Nyong’o recently at a beach in a sexy bikini}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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