How to adapting stories and tales of Africa on movie screen ?

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12. South Africa : Red Dust by Gillian Slovo

[vidéo non disponible]

13. Cote D’Ivoire: Adoras, Une série de films africains adaptée des romans d’auteurs africains.

14. South Africa: Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela ( Nelson Mandela is played by Idriss Elba)

Coming up on the future. It has been announced that these novels will be turn into movies.

1. Kenya: Nairobi Heat by Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s
2. South Africa: Zoo City by Laura Beukes
3. Nigeria: Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala (Idriss Elba has been signed for this movie)

What do you make of the list and adapting tales of Africa ? Any novel you don’t see in here ?


This post was written by Ndéye séne Mbaye from Undertheneemtree

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