Netflix on Friday announced that it has signed a deal with
the movie producer, Mo Abudu.
The America streaming giant announced this via its verified
Twitter handle.
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The partnership with Netflix will see on-screen adaptations
of literary works by two award-winning Nigerian authors, Wole Soyinka and Lola
Shoneyin.
Lola Shoneyin’s debut novel, “The Secret Lives of Baba
Segi’s Wives,” will be developed into a series, and Soyinka’s play, “Death and
the King’s Horseman,” will be adapted into a film.
According to Netflix, Mo Abudu, who owns a movie production
company, EbonyLife TV, will work with the team at Netflix to produce the two
new Nigerian originals plus licensed films and a series.
Mo Abudu wrote on Instagram, “It truly is time to tell our
stories and I am super pleased that we have an opportunity to do this now in
partnership with the world’s leading internet entertainment service with 183
million paid members in over 190 countries. We really are truly changing the
narrative and I am so grateful.
“The deal signed by EbonyLife with Netflix is unprecedented
and groundbreaking on our continent.
“We will over the next few years produce two major IP titles
– “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives” by the super talented writer, Lola
Shoneyin and “Death and the King’s Horseman” by Africa’s first Nobel Laureate,
Professor Wole Soyinka.”