Biyi Bandele

Biyi Bandele

Biography

Nigerian Biyi Bandele is an acclaimed prolific playwright and versatile novelist. His 1997 adaptation of fellow Nigerian Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart for the British stage confirmed his accomplishments as a prominent and powerful voice from Africa. His fictional works include – The Man Who Came in from the Back of Beyond (1991); The Street (1999) and the well-received Burma Boy (2007). Biyi, made his film directorial debut with the award-winning ''Half Of A Yellow Sun''.

Göteborg Film Festival

Director

Movies
2022

The King's Horseman

2015

Fifty

2013

Half of a Yellow Sun

Series
2022

Blood Sisters

Documentaries
2020

Fela Kuti - Father of Afrobeat

Screenwriter