LOS ANGELES, Sept 14 ― The Black Panther stars will reunite for the drama based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's best-selling novel.

HBO Max has ordered ten episodes of the limited series.

Lupita Nyong'o (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Us) will star in Americanah. Danai Gurira (Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther) wrote the pilot and will serve as showrunner.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's award-winning 2013 novel Americanah centres on Nigerian-born Ifemelu (Nyong'o), who as a young girl in Nigeria, falls in love with her classmate Obinze.

Both depart their military-ruled country for the West; Ifemelu heads for university in the US, where, despite achieving professional success, she must grapple with racism, adversity and her own identity. Meanwhile, Obinze, denied a visa after 9/11, ends up an undocumented immigrant in London.

The series will be executive-produced by Gurira, Nyong'o for Eba Productions, Plan B Entertainment, Andrea Calderwood for Potboiler Television, Didi Rea and Danielle Del for D2 Productions, and Nancy Won. ― AFP-Relaxnews