The executive producer and director of the movie, Mr Dapo Adeniyi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Story Summary: Ake: The Years of Childhood set just before World War II, is a memoir by Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, that was first published in 1981.
It tells the story of Soyinka’s childhood before and during World War II in a small village in western Nigeria called Aké.
About the adaptation: The film adaptation, produced by Back Page Productions, has a cast of about 1,000 persons, which includes some veteran Nigerian artistes like Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett – who played as one of the outspoken Egba women in the famous Egba women riots of 1945 – Yinka Davies- played the role of Mrs Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, and Lanike Onimisi and Gbenga Ajiboye as Mr and Mrs Soyinka (Wole’s parents). The adaptation was shot at various locations in Abeokuta, Ibadan, Lagos and East Grinstead, UK,
According to Adeniyi, the movie was put on Amazon to make it accessible to people around the world because of its international appeal.
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