The memoir chronicles Soyinka’s thoughts when the government held him as a political prisoner during the Nigerian Civil War in the late 1960s.
The adaptation’s director, Awam Amkpa, announced that the film will be released in July 2024 in UK and Nigeria.
Soyinka published the autobiographical work in 1972, two years after the war ended. He made history when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, the first Sub-Saharan African to win it.
On Soyinka’s 89th birthday last July, Ojo hailed the playwright as “a rare icon.”
“Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is 89 years old today. Love him OR hate him HE has earned his place amongst the G. O. A. T. of this universe!” the 55-year-old posted on Instagram.
The film adaptation of The Man Died features Nollywood stars Chidi Mokeme, Sam Dede, Norbert Young, Francis Onwochei, Edmond Enabe, and Segilola Ogidan. Others are Simileoluwa Hassan, Christiana Oshunniyi, and newcomer, Abraham Amkpa.
