Going Beyond Boundaries: There is a Way and the Use of English Medium in Hausa Film Industry

Since its inception in 1990, Kannywood, the Northern Nigerian film industry, produced films only in Hausa, the dominant language of the region. The film, There is a Way (2016, dir. Falalu A. Dorayi) has recently debuted a new “genre” in the English language in the industry. However, the place of Eng...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Muhsin Ibrahim, Aliyu Yakubu Yusuf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pittsburgh 2018-12-01
Series:CINEJ Cinema Journal
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Online Access:http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/206