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[06/12/20 - 01:13 AM]
Netflix Inks Multi-Title Partnership with Prolific Nigerian Producer Mo Abudu oo Develop Content from Nigeria
A major highlight of this partnership will be the on-screen adaptations of literary works by two critically-acclaimed Nigerian authors.







SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI'S WIVES, THE (NETFLIX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
6/12/20
STATUS:
previously in development (2021-2022 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
DESCRIPTION:
(from Netflix's press release, June 2020) Netflix and Mo Abudu, an acclaimed Nigerian producer, have entered into a groundbreaking multi-title partnership that will continue growing the company's investment in Nigerian content. Under this partnership, Mo Abudu - through her production company, EbonyLife - will create two Netflix Original series as well as multiple Netflix branded films and a series that have been licensed to the service. A major highlight of this partnership will be the on-screen adaptations of literary works by two critically-acclaimed Nigerian authors: a series based on contemporary author, Lola Shoneyin's best-selling debut novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives and a film adaptation of Death And The King's Horseman, a play by 1986 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, author, poet & playwright, Wole Soyinka.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Lola Shoneyin as BOOK
· Mo Abudu as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· EbonyLife Media