A Nigerian film called "Half of a Yellow Sun" which depicts the Nigerian civil war has been been banned. The movie is based on the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. One of the stars also starred in the Academy Award- winning film, "12 Years a Slave". The movie takes place during the Biafran War from 1967 to 1970 when southern provinces tried to secede from the nation-sate. Between one million and three million people died in the conflict and blockades established by the Republic of Biafra-->Update on Biafra.
Southerners, called Igbos were massacred in the north and the federal government went on a brutal tirade to surpress the Igbo uprising. The director feels that the censorship may be due to fear that the movie will stir up uprising again. The director, Bandele feels that the topic, while taboo at this time, needs to be discussed in order for Nigeria to progress as a nation.
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