Biyi Bandele, whose film has premiered after his death, was a huge figure in British and Africa writing.
: large-scale adaptations of African literature meant for the whole world."
His death in Lagos, Nigeria, on 7 August came not long after Netflix released the original limited series, Blood Sisters, which he co-directed, while he also had a new novel in the works. She wondered why the book "is not cherished as a classic of British and African literature". Based on the war experience of Bandele's father, the novel was the first to explore the role of African soldiers inA worthy successor of the great Nigerian playwrights, including Soyinka and Femi Osofisan, Bandele was a precocious forerunner to the country's current literary stars.
Visiting the local library with his father, he was drawn to a book about bicycles - the most common mode of transport in Kafanchan at the time. His stage adaptation of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart opened at the Royal Court Theatre in June 1997.
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