Nigeria: Idris Elba to Play Pete Edochie’s Role in ‘Things Fall Apart’ TV Series

Pete Edochie played the lead role of ‘Okonkwo’ in the 1987 Nigerian Television Authority adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s all-time best-selling novel Things Fall Apart.

Hollywood star Idris Elba will reprise Pete Edochie’s iconic role in a TV adaptation of the Chinua Achebe classic Things Fall Apart, Variety reports.

In 1987, ‘Things Fall Apart’, which Amazon named among the 100 books that must be read in a lifetime, was developed into a very successful miniseries directed by David Orere and…