These 3 award-winning Nigerian books are being made into TV shows and movies

These 3 award-winning Nigerian books are being made into TV shows and movies

[html]Book adaptations usually make for some of the best movies or tv series you will ever see.
   
   
   
       
       
           
               
                   

Book adaptations usually make for some of the best movies or tv series you will ever see.

               
           
               
                   

Take the recently concluded "Game of Thrones", based on George R.R. Martin's best-selling series "A Song of Ice and Fire". It ended up becoming one of the greatest shows of all time.

               
           
               
                   

This is why we are so excited to see books by Nigerian authors finally getting the recognition they deserve by being made into films.

               
           
               
                   

This short list includes famous bestselling writers like Chimamanda Adichie, Tomi Adeyemi and Akwaeke Emezi.

               
           
               
                   

Here are the three Nigerian books that are being made into TV shows and movies:

               
           
               
                   

"Americanah" by Chimamanda Adichie

               
           
               
                   

Lupita Nyong'o bought the film rights to Americanah back in 2014. Since then, she has been working on the screenplay with fellow "Black Panther" castmate, Danai Gurira.

               
           
               
                   

During a recent Vogue magazine interview, the Kenyan actress said that Adichie's novel is one of the exciting projects she has lined up for 2019.

               
           
               
                   

In her words, "My dream project is finally getting to make Americanah [a 2013 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie], which is looking very, very likely."

               
           
               
                   

                 

Yes!!! 'Tis true: I acquired the rights to make a film of this amazing book by this amazing writer. I HIGHLY recommend the read. #Americanah #GrabIt

               

               
           
               
                   

"It's going to happen in the near future and it's been a long time in the making and I'm very, very ripe and ready to get into that for sure," she added.

               
           
               
                   

It won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Fiction award and was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of 2013 by the New York Times Book Review.