OMOTAYO ARAOYE
Netflix has signed a partnership with Nigerian media mogul, Mosunmola Abudu, the owner of Ebony Life TV, to create multiple branded films and serials
The streaming giant announced this on its official Twitter handle @NetflixNaija on Friday, saying it would be streaming both Nigerian classics to its subscribers across the globe.
Netflix said, “EbonyLife films will create a series based on Lola Shoneyin’s bestselling novel ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’ as well as a film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s 1986 classic play ‘Death And The King’s Horseman'”.
Adding that, “Mo Abudu’s Ebony Life TV will produce “two new Nigerian Originals plus licensed films AND a series for Netflix!”.
Netflix has revealed its latest move to create more Nigerian content with its latest commissioning of on-screen adaptations of two literary classics.
Netflix is a global streaming entertainment service provider with over 183 million paid memberships in over 190 countries.
Mo Abudu first became popular in 2006 with her daytime talk show, Moments With Mo, but she has since then risen to become a brand in Nigerian entertainment.
She launched EbonyLife TV in 2012, the first fully Nigerian-owned entertainment channel to be carried on South African pay-TV platform DStv, and later ventured into feature film production, producing successful titles like The Wedding Party.
EbonyLife productions is credited with having the three highest-grossing Nigerian movies in the box office.
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