Pete Edochie, Nigerian actor, played the lead role in an NTA adaptation of what Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic's best selling novel?
Pete Edochie Pete Edochie, MON (born 7 March 1947) is a Nigerian actor. Edochie is considered one of Africa’s most talented actors, being honoured with an Industry Merit Award by MultiChoice and Lifetime Achievement by Africa Film Academy Although a seasoned administrator and broadcaster, he came into prominence in the 1980s when he played the lead role of Okonkwo in an NTA adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s all-time best selling novel, "Things Fall Apart". Edochie descends from the Igbo people in Nigeria and is a Catholic. In 2003, he was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Niger by President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Sirah Baldé Sirah Baldé de Labé was a Guinean novelist and teacher. She studied to be a teacher in Rufisque, Senegal and became a pioneer for being the first woman to teach French in the former Fula Imamate of Futa Jallon during the French occupation. She is best known for her 1985 novel "From One Futa Jalon to the Other".