Kannywood
25 Nov
Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has announced plans to establish a centre for archiving and preserving indigenous films, with a focus on Kannywood productions. Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Sagir Abass, disclosed this on Monday in Kano during the Kano Indigenous Languages of Africa Film Market and Festival (KILAF24) conference held at the institution. The…
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The news of Hajiya Saratu Gidados death shook the movie landscape. Her colleagues in Kannywood, as the movie industry in Northern Nigeria is called, described her death as shocking, as she was reportedly not sick at all.
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Rahama Sadau is an actress, filmmaker and singer. Born and raised in Kaduna, she studied Human Resource Management at the School of Business and Finance of Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus.
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