Lupita Nyong'o To Star In Yet Another African Movie

Lupita Nyong’o is one of Kenya’s most talented and renowned celebrities who has made international headlines after her exploits in the acting industry. She, as a result, won an Oscar after her glittering role in the film 12 Years A Slave.

The talented actress is again on a way to starring in another African film that is underway and that will be produced any time from today.

Nyongo will be producing and starring in the adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, which follows a couple, Ifemelu and Obinze, as they face different paths upon leaving their homeland of Nigeria. The book won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 2003 in Nigeria.

Lupita will be starring alongside David Oyelowo who is currently winning acclaim for his performance as Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma.

The new movie will be called Americanah.

Plan B, Brad Pitt’s company, which produced Nyong’o’s 12 Years a Slave is also producing.