Question: Pete Edochie, Nigerian actor, played the lead role in an NTA adaptation of what Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic's best selling novel?

Context articles: Simi Bedford
Behind the Rising Sun (novel)
Saint Obi
Pete Edochie
Bambitious
Muna Obiekwe
Yul Edochie
Chinua Achebe
Adebayo Faleti
Joseph Benjamin (actor)

Simi Bedford is a Nigerian novelist based in Britain.
 Her best-known work is "Yoruba Girl Dancing" (1991), an autobiographical novel about a young Nigerian girl who is sent to England to receive a private school education.
Behind the Rising Sun is a 1971 war novel by Nigerian novelist and politician Sebastian Okechukwu Mezu.
 The novel was first published by Heinemann, and later reprinted in 1972 as part of the influential African Writers Series.
 The novel explores the events of the Nigerian Civil War (also known as the Biafra War).
 The novel is the first novel to deal with the war, following, and does so from a Biafran perspective.
 The novel suggests that the Nigerian victory in the war was not due to an aptitude by the Nigerian forces, but by the ineptitude of Baifran ability.
 Critic Wendy Griswald documents at least 28 novels that subsequently depict the conflict.
Obinna Nwafor (born November 16) popularly known as Saint Obi, is a Nigerian actor, producer and director.
 Saint Obi is best known for his roles in "Candle Light", "Sakobi", "Goodbye Tomorrow", "Heart of Gold", "Festival of Fire", "Executive Crime" and "Last Party".
 At the University of Jos, he studied Theatre Arts.
 Saint Obi came into the acting scene in 1996, after doing a commercial for Peugeot on NTA.
 He has starred in over 60 movies.
 In 2001, Saint Obi produced his first movie titled "Take Me to Maama", where he starred as Jerry, alongside Ebi Sam, Rachel Oniga, Nse Abel and Enebeli Elebuwa.
Pete Edochie, MON (born 7 March 1947) is a Nigerian actor.
 Edochie is considered one of Africa’s most talented actors, being honoured with an Industry Merit Award by MultiChoice and Lifetime Achievement by Africa Film Academy Although a seasoned administrator and broadcaster, he came into prominence in the 1980s when he played the lead role of Okonkwo in an NTA adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s all-time best selling novel, "Things Fall Apart".
 Edochie descends from the Igbo people in Nigeria and is a Catholic.
 In 2003, he was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Niger by President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Bambitious is a 2014 Nigerian romantic drama film directed by Okechukwu Oku, starring Daniel K Daniel and Belinda Effah.
 It had its premiere at Genesis Cinema, Enugu State and was reputed to being the first Nollywood film to be screened in Southeastern Nigeria.
 Pete Edochie, Zack Orji and John Okafor were present at the ceremony.
Muna Obiekwe was a Nigerian actor.
 He was one of the most popular actors in Nigeria.
 On January 18, 2015, Obiekwe died from kidney disease.
 He was also the first cousin to Nigerian actor Yul Edochie.
Yul Edochie (born Yul Chibuike Daniel Edochie 7 January 1982) is a Nigerian actor, named after popular Russian actor Yul Brynner.
 He is the son of Nigerian actor Pete Edochie.
 He was raised both in Lagos and Enugu.
 He is the last of 6 children.
 He got married at the age of 22.
 He attended the University of Port Harcourt, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts.
Chinua Achebe ( , born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic.
 His first novel "Things Fall Apart" (1958), often considered his best, is the most widely read book in modern African literature.
 He won the Man Booker International Prize in 2007.
He was Africa's first newscaster, Africa's first stage play Director, Africa's first film editor and librarian with the first television station in Africa (WNTV/WNBS), Nigeria's first Yoruba presenter on Television, a Nigerian poet, journalist, writer, Nollywood films Director and actor.
 He was also known as a Yoruba translator, a broadcaster, TV exponent and pioneer of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), now known as the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
 He was responsible for translating Nigeria's National Anthem from English to Yoruba.
 He also translated speeches being made by Nigeria's former Attorney-General of the federation Chief Bola Ige, military president of Nigeria General Ibrahim Babangida, former premier of the Western region of Nigeria, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief Ernest Shonekan - Head of National Interim Government of Nigeria, from English to Yoruba.
 Faleti has published a dictionary containing the formal or official use of Yoruba names.
 He received many awards, both locally and internationally, including the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), Doctor of Letters (D.Litt), Justice of Peace (JP), Jerusalem Pilgrim (JP).
 Adebayo Faleti had received the Festival of Arts award with "Eda Ko L’aropin" in 1995 and the Afro-Hollywood Award for Outstanding Performance in Arts in the United States (2002).
 His movie - "Basorun Gaa" also received Breeze Award in London as the best epic movie of the year in 2004.
Joseph Benjamin is a Nigerian actor, model, Voice-over Artist and television presenter mainly known for co-hosting MTN's "Project Fame", a talent reality show, and starring in the movies "Tango With Me", "Mr. and Mrs.", and "Murder at Prime Suites".
 He won the African Actor of the Year award at the 2012 African Film Awards.
 For his role in Married but Living Single, he won the best lead actor at the 2012 Best of Nollywood Awards.
 In 2012, Benjamin won best actor in a lead role at the 2012 Nollywood Movies Awards.