Half of a Yellow Sun film delayed by Nigeria censors
Nigeria's film board has delayed the release of Half of a Yellow Sun, a film about the Biafran war. The film, by Nigerian-born British director Biyi Bandele, was set to open in Nigerian cinemas on Friday. A film board spokesman told AFP there were "regulatory issues" with the film but that it wasn't "officially banned". The film is based on a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about the 1967-70 civil war, in which more than a million people died. Aliyu Tanko, from the BBC Hausa service, says that more than 40 years after the end of the war, the subject remains extremely sensitive in Nigeria.