Winning Comments of My Day.

Chiemerie -  It would have been a chance for Nigerians to get international acclaim, but now it’s down the drain. Thanks to the casting director. Chimamanda, when JK. ROWLINGS WANTED TO GIVE OUT HER SIGNATURE FOR HARRY POTTER TO BECOME A MOVIE, SHE INSISTED THAT ALL THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES BE BRITISH. I AM QUITE DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS. YOU TAUGHT NIGERIANS TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES. WHY NOT TEACH THEM TO ACT THEIR OWN STORIES TOO. IT IS QUITE DISCONCERTING THAT FOREIGNERS WHO DID NOT WITNESS THE WAR, WHOSE RELATIVES were not stuffed in a train back to the East after the Kano Massacre, Those WHO DID NOT READ UR FIRST PLAY “For the Love of Biafra”; those who do not share our fears, our weaknesses, our realities are taking over our stories; our world. Is that not part of the Exploitation of Africa? How do you expect Yaya Daccosta or Thandie to speak Igbo? Come to think of it, can they act better than Omotola? I am greatly disturbed. Even though this appears to be a Rejuvenation of African literature, I see it as the DEATH of our growing consciousness. One thing is clear. I will NEVER watch that movie if Thandie or Yaya Dacoosta acts it. I connected with Olanna. I cannot bear seeing foreigners lay claim over one of African’s Greatest stories. It is never going to happen. ONE LOVE 

Graham -  I don’t know any of these actors and can’t comment on their skills. However, I’m sure that they were selected primarily with an eye to their ‘commercial appeal’ to the non-African audience. If this is the case, as a European teenager who grew up in Nsukka during the 1960s, I suspect that the movie will taste like Egusi Soup cooked without crayfish. It will be interesting to see how Adichie’s brilliant book has been adapted to film but it won’t have an authentic taste.

Ashley -  I do not understand why they must insist on putting Thandie in this role of an Igbo woman. She does not look like my mother, my sisters, my cousins, anyone I would see in passing on the streets of Owerri, Lagos, or Abuja.

Nandi - This is one of the great African novels, let it be told by the people of Nigeria! I love Thandie Newton, but I can’t for the life of me understand who she will play and why. Put beautiful dark skinned Nigerian women in this movie. Do the book justice! This could be a way for the world to see Nigeria and Africans in a different way, instead it’s going to be shown in the way it’s always shown…(for the Western audience)