KANO, Nigeria — Hollywood and Bollywood may be the two biggest "-woods," but in northern Nigeria there is a scrappy, thriving filmmaking industry, nicknamed Kannywood. The name comes from Kano, both a ...
The emergence of Hausa entertainment industry, popularly known as Kannywood, has indeed reshaped Hausa-Fulani culture and the way people around the world once thought about the conservative region. In ...
2022 had been a forgettable year for Kannywood, with piracy almost grounding the activities of the practitioners. So bad were the activities of the pirates that Kannywood producers had stopped ...
Many movie lovers celebrate actors and actresses whose faces dominate the screen, yet rarely pause to acknowledge the unseen hands that actually give life to a film. Behind every successful production ...
Popularly called the King of Kannywood, Ali Nuhu, is no doubt Kannywood’s most enterprising actor. A talented role interpreter, he has featured in a number of major movies such as ‘Sitanda’, ...
Kano State Censorship Board has suspended a popular Kannywood actress, Samha M. Inuwa, from appearing in all films for one year. The decision followed series of complaints from the public and ...
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