- The 2025 Met Gala has announced members of its costume committee across various fields
- Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie and Nigerian-British actress Ayo Debiri made the high-profile list
- The 2025 Met Gala is scheduled to be held on May 5, 2025
Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie and Nigerian-American actress Ayo Debiri have been announced as part of the Met Gala’s costume committee members.
Chimamanda’s selection will be representing her profession as an author while Ayo Debiri will do the same for her acting field.
Via an X (formerly Twitter) post on Tuesday, February 4, 49th Street shared the news indicating Chimamanda and Ayo Debiri’s selection.
“Ayo Edebiri, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Tyla are listed as members of the 2025 Met Gala Costume Committee.” it captioned.
Meanwhile, South African singer Tyla is another African celebrity who made the newly announced list.
Full list of Met Gala costume committee members
According to the Associated Press, the new committee for the 2025 Met Gala included various high-profile personalities across various fields.
For athletes, Simone Biles and husband Jonathan Owens, Angel Reese and Sha’Carri Richardson; while filmmakers Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee and Regina King made the list.
Representing actors, Ayo Edebiri, Audra McDonald and Jeremy Pope got listed while musicians Doechii, Usher, Tyla, Janelle Monáe and André 3000 were picked. As an author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was the only one who made the list.
Artists Jordan Casteel, Rashid Johnson and Kara Walker; playwrights Jeremy O. Harris and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; and fashion figures Grace Wales Bonner, Edward Enninful, Dapper Dan and Olivier Rousteing are also on the list of costume committees.
What to know about the 2025 Met Gala
The 2025 will be reportedly divided into 12 sections. Each will be representing a characteristic that defines the “dandy” style.
This means ownership, presence, distinction, disguise, freedom, champion, respectability, jook, heritage, beauty, cool, and cosmopolitanism.
For this year’s theme, the organiser chose Tailored For You— a concept meant to be liberally interpreted.
The Met Gala will take place on May 5, 2025, while its “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” will be open to the public from May 10 to Oct. 26.
10 popular Nigerian novels that have been adapted into films
Meanwhile, TheRadar earlier reported that Nigerian Filmmakers and beyond have begun to explore the stories embedded in Nigerian novels—helping readers experience visual scenes of what they have read.
Nigerian novels over the years have proven to be great story materials for filmmaking and here, TheRadar spotlighted 10 Nigerian novels adapted into films.