British-Nigerian award-winning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nigerian bestselling author Chimamanda Adichie, were among celebrities at an intimate tea reception in respect of American media mogul, Oprah Winfrey.
The reception was organised by the editor in chief of British Vogue Magazine, Edward Enninful, at the Connaught Hotel, in London, to celebrate Oprah’s role in Disney film ‘A Wrinkle in Time’.
Ejiofor, who frequently identifies with his Nigerian roots, is a Primetime Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
The actor, who is best known for his role as ‘Solomon Northup’ in the award-winning 2013 film ‘12 Years A Slave’, is set to star as ‘Scar’ in the upcoming Disney’s ‘Lion King’.
Adichie is a multi-award-winning writer and her second book ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ won the Orange Prize. She was awarded a MacArthur ‘genius’ grant in 2008.
Her latest book ‘Americanah’ was recently recognised by the New York Times as one of ‘15 remarkable books by women that are reshaping the way fiction is created in the 21st century’.
The duo were spotted among other high profile guests including ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ director Ava DuVernay, Idris Elba, Steve McQueen, Reese Witherspoon and ‘Game of Thrones’ star Gwendoline Christie.
'A Wrinkle in Time' is an American science fantasy adventure film directed by Ava DuVernay, from a screenplay by Jennifer Lee, and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Madeleine L’Engle.
The movie tells the story of a young girl who sets off on a quest, with the help of three astral travellers, to look for her father, who went missing after discovering a new planet.
