The social media is currently buzzing to the news that Kenyan screen diva, Lupita Nyong’o will star in the movie series, Americanah.
The Academy Awards winning actress will play a role of Igbo girl as the Chimamanda’s book has it.
However, some Nigerians don’t buy the idea of seeing a non-Nollywood actress play a role Nigerian actresses can play.
Some social media users state how unfair it is to Nollywood actresses like Genevieve Nnaji who can play the role as an Igbo tribe.
Meanwhile, the novel, Americanah, written by Nigerian multiple awards winning author and writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was recently inducted as a movie series.
Reports have it that Lupita is set to feature in the episode 10 of the series written by showrunner, Danai Gurira.
Check out some reactions from the social media users below…
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