Nollywood filmmaker and CEO of Temple Productions Ego Boyo has announced a new partnership with Magic Carpet Studios to produce Africa’s first indigenous 2D animated film The Passport Of Mallam Ilia.
The 52-year-old Checkmate actress made this announcement in an Instagram post on Monday.
“The chance to tell real African stories, animation a medium I have always been interested in, and the opportunity to share this valuable source of historical fiction with young audiences, as well as others who have had the opportunity to read this book was too good to pass up,” she wrote in parts.
Written in 1948 by the late Cyprian Ekwensi and published in 1960, The Passport of Mallam Ilia follows a man, Ilia, who seeks revenge for the death of his wife, Zarah, at the hands of Mallam Usman.
