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edit | Storyline Structure in Hausa Home Videos: An Analysis of Mai Kudi, Sanafahna, and Albashi | http://hausahomevideoresourcecentre.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/liman-ma-thesis-2006-buk-hausa-film-pdf.pdf | MA Thesis, Bayero University, PDF | 2006-09-01 |
edit | How to write a movie | http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/jun/30/news.culture1 | Writing, Scripting | 2008-06-29 |
edit | 99% of people in the North’ll not allow their sisters/daughters to act | http://themarketmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=198&Itemid=103 | Ahmed Mohammed Sarari, Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, MOPPAN, Nollywood vs Kannywood | 2008-08-28 |
edit | Nairaland Forums mega thread: Pictures, Slight And Sound Of Northern Nigeria. | http://www.nairaland.com/177948/pictures-slight-sound-northern-nigeria | Thread, Forum, Photos, Pictures, Nairaland, North | 2008-10-01 |
edit | Again the actors gathered | http://themarketmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=357&Itemid=103 | Nollywood, Kannywood | 2008-10-26 |
edit | NOLLYWOOD: ORIGIN AND UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS By Augusta Okon | http://www.modernghana.com/moviep/5508/3/pagenum/nollywood-origin-and-unresolved-problems-by-august.html | Nollywood, History, Longreads | 2009-08-27 |
edit | Kannywood stars as divorcees | http://sundaytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2964:kannywood-stars-as-divorcees&catid=13:the-arts&Itemid=136 | Abubakar A. Ibrahim, Ruqayyah Yusuf Aliyu, Kannywood, Marriages, Culture | 2010-02-26 |
edit | From The Colonial To Digital Era | http://al-amin-ciroma.blogspot.com/2010/10/so-far-how-well.html | Nollywood, Kannywood, History, Nigeria, Culture | 2010-10-09 |
edit | RFI Hausa - Gidan Kallo | http://www.hausa.rfi.fr/fina-finai/20101014-gidan-kallo | RFI, Audio, Interview, Theater, Sani Danja | 2010-10-14 |
edit | RFI Hausa -Taron Karawa Juna Sani Akan Wasan Finafinai Hausa | http://www.hausa.rfi.fr/fina-finai/20101101-taron-karawa-juna-sani-akan-wasan-finafinai-hausa | Hajara Usman, RFI, Audio | 2010-11-01 |
edit | Kannywood: A Luta Continua! | http://ibrahim-sheme.blogspot.com/2010/12/kannywood-luta-continua.html | Opinion, Kannywood, Nollywood | 2010-13-12 |
edit | TechDirt - Nigerians Looking To Crack Down On Movie Piracy, Despite Thriving Nollywood Movie Industry | http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110328/02412013650/nigerians-looking-to-crack-down-movie-piracy-despite-thriving-nollywood-movie-industry.shtml | TechDirt, Mike Masnick, Nollywood, Piracy | 2011-04-05 |
edit | RFI Hausa - Bikin karrama finafinan nahiyar Afrika karo na 7 AMAA (Africa Movie Academy Awards) | http://www.hausa.rfi.fr/fina-finai/20110523-bikin-karrama-finafinan-nahiyar-afrika-karo-na-7-amaa | Hausa, Radio, News, Audio | 2011-05-23 |
edit | Making sense of nollywood Movies (Part 2, Complete Document) | http://www.slideshare.net/austenonereader/making-sense-of-nollywood-movies-the-full-dse-slidehare | Long Read, Nollywood, Diaspora | 2011-07-16 |
edit | Nollywood and its terminology migraines | http://weeklytrust.com.ng/?option=com_content&view=article&id=6691&catid=57&Itemid=154 | Nollywood, Kannywood | 2011-07-30 |
edit | Is a Hausa Film Industry (Kannywood) Necessary? | http://hausanigerian.blogspot.com/2011/08/is-hausa-film-industry-kannywood.html | Nollywood, Kannywood | 2011-08-05 |
edit | RFI Hausa - Shekaru 20 da fara fina finan Hausa na zamani (Kannywood 20th year anniversary) | http://www.hausa.rfi.fr/fina-finai/20110909-shekaru-20-da-fara-fina-finan-hausa-na-zamani | RFI, Audio, Interview | 2011-09-09 |
edit | Interview with film director, producer Saddik Balewa | http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7Bf65f575a-2da9-42b8-824b-0efa324a5010%7D | Interview, Directing, DailyTrust | 2011-10-01 |
edit | Things I have learned from directing/writing/producing/acting my first (short) film | http://thecaseydonahue.com/post/11031494689 | Tips, Resource, Directing, Film-Making | 2011-10-04 |
edit | Kwankwaso’s policy on movies | http://ibrahim-sheme.blogspot.com/2011/10/kwankwasos-policy-on-movies.html | Opinion, Kannywood, Nollywood, Politics | 2011-10-18 |
edit | Deutsche Welle Hausa Programme 0630UTC 21.10.2011 - Hausa Films | http://hausaradio.net/Deutsche_Welle_21102011_630utc_hausafilms | News, Audio, Radio, Report | 2011-10-21 |
edit | How Kannywood started like child's play -Umar Gombe | http://sundaytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8400 %3Ahow-kannywood-started-like-childs-play-umar-gombe&catid=53 %3Athe-arts&Itemid=1 | Umar Gombe | 2011-11-13 |
edit | Nollytech – Understanding New Media Nollywood | http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2011/11/18/nollytech-understanding-new-media-nollywood/ | Nollywood, Distribution, Tech | 2011-11-18 |
edit | Ziriums and Zeb Ejiro – Can cultural creation hold Nigeria together? | http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2011/11/18/ziriums-and-zeb-ejiro-can-cultural-creation-hold-nigeria-together/ | Ziriums, Nollywood, GeorgiaTech | 2011-11-18 |
edit | Hamisu Lamido Iyan-Tama in the Weekly Trust | http://weeklytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7678&catid=48&Itemid=135 | Actor, Kannywood, Nollywood, Film Production | 2011-11-19 |
edit | RFI Hausa - Wasan kwaikwayo / dabe | http://www.hausa.rfi.fr/yankin-hausawa/20120114-wasan-kwaikwayo | RFI, Audio, Interview, Wasan Kwaikwayo, Wasan Dabe | 2012-01-14 |
edit | National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) | http://nfvcb.gov.ng | Nollywood, Kannywood, Nigeria, Stats, Resource, Information, Censorship | 2012-02-18 |
edit | The National Film and Video Censor’s Board website returns with mountains of information | http://www.filmafrique.com/news/national-film-and-video-censor’s-board-website-returns-mountains-information | Nollywood, Kannywood, Nigeria, Stats, Resource, Information, Censorship, Article | 2012-02-18 |
edit | A Scorsese in Lagos - The Making of Nigeria’s Film Industry | http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/magazine/nollywood-movies.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all | NYTimes, Nollywood, Video, Article | 2012-02-23 |
edit | Well researched paper by Olufunmilayo Arewa - The Rise of Nollywood: Creators, Entrepreneurs, and Pirates | http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2011980 | Nollywood, Nigeria, Piracy, Olufunmilayo Arewa, Paper | 2012-02-27 |
edit | Karin Magana Blog | http://karinmagana.wordpress.com/ | Hausa, Proverbs | 2012-02-28 |
edit | Leadership - I Was Once Stalked By A Female Fan – Ali Nuhu | http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/18014/2012/03/03/i_was_once_stalked_female_fan_%E2%80%93_ali_nuhu.html | Ali Nuhu, Ruth Choji, Leadership, Interview | 2012-03-03 |
edit | Pond5 Stock Footage and Audio | http://www.pond5.com/index.php?ref=hausafilmstv | Stock, Audio, Video, Resource | 2012-03-04 |
edit | RFI Hausa - Fina finai: a Najeriya na ci gaba da samun kwarewa | http://www.hausa.rfi.fr/fina-finai/20120318-fina-finai-nigeria-na-ci-gaba-da-samun-kwarewa | RFI, Standards, Director, Audio, Interview | 2012-03-18 |
edit | TechDirt - How Piracy Created The Massive Movie Industry Success Of Nollywood | http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120315/23355918122/how-piracy-created-massive-movie-industry-success-nollywood.shtml | Nollywood, Nigeria, Piracy, Mike Masnick, TechDirt, PDF | 2012-03-26 |
edit | Hollywood, Bollywood and now Nollywood - The Stream looks at Nigeria’s booming film industry. | http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/hollywood-bollywood-and-now-nollywood-0022149 | AlJazeera, Nollywood | 2012-04-02 |
edit | Leadership's Al-Amin CiromA interviews Ishaq Sidi Ishaq | http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/21486/2012/04/08/i_have_never_flirted_actress_ishaq.html | Interview, Leadership | 2012-04-08 |
edit | Nigeria: The Fight For The Hearts And Minds Of The Core North! | http://konnektafrika.com/index.php/politics-and-perspectives/item/110-nigeria-the-fight-for-the-hearts-and-minds-of-the-core-north | Political, Opinion, Conflict, Kannywood, Youth, North | 2012-04-12 |
edit | How the New York Film Academy discovered gold in the developing world | Capital New York | http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2012/04/5707325/how-new-york-film-academy-discovered-gold-developing-world?page=all | Nollywood, Education | 2012-04-16 |
edit | Kannywood, the growth of a Nigerian language industry – Carmen McCain (Cached) | http://hausafilms.tv/custom/nigerianstalk_perspectives_carmen.htm | Carmen McCain, nigerianstalk.org, Kannywood, Nollywood | 2012-04-17 |
edit | 6 Filmmaking Tips From David Fincher | http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/6-filmmaking-tips-from-david-fincher.php | David Fincher, Tips, Filmmaking Tips | 2012-04-18 |
edit | The Pulse: What about Language in Nigerian Cinema? | http://blackfilmcenterarchive.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/the-pulse-what-about-language-in-nigerian-cinema/ | The Black Film Center/Archive, Language, Languages, Nigeria | 2012-04-19 |
edit | Marketers, Nollywood… back in the trenches | http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86405 | Nollywood, Cable, Satellite, Business | 2012-05-18 |
edit | Insecurity, Piracy Threaten Kano Film Industry | http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/25162/2012/05/20/insecurity_piracy_threaten_kano_film_industry.html | Leadership, Piracy, Kano, Kannywood, Hamisu Lamido Iyan-Tama | 2012-05-20 |
edit | Leadership - Kwankwaso Is A Messiah To The Film Industry – Afakallah | http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/25822/2012/05/26/kwankwaso_messiah_film_industry_afakallah.html | Leadership, Government, Kano, Kannywood, Isma’il Na’Abba, Afakallah | 2012-05-26 |
edit | Other Cultures Lagging In Nigeria Movie Industry | http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/28610/2012/07/01/other_cultures_lagging_nigeria_movie_industry.html | Anthony Ada Abraham, Nollywood, Culture | 2012-07-01 |
edit | Censorship and contemporary Hausa literature | http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2012/07/censorship-and-hausa-contemporary-literature/ | Hausa, Literature | 2012-07-11 |
edit | The Language of Hausa Films: Forging a New Discourse by Isa Yusuf Chamo | http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ijl/article/download/2199/pdf | PDF, Paper, Isa Yusuf Chamo | 2012-09-01 |
edit | Tattaunawa da Shugabannin Shirya Fina-finan Hausa (Discussion with Hausa Film leaders) | http://www.hausa.rfi.fr/najeriya/20121208-tattaunawa-da-shugabannin-shirya-fina-finan-hausa | RFI, Audio | 2012-12-08 |
edit | Nigeria's entertainment industry eager to make pirates part of sea change | http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/dec/14/nigeria-entertainment-industry-pirates-sea-change | Yinka Ibukun, Nollywood, Piracy, Digital Distribution | 2012-12-14 |
edit | The Kannywood-Bollywood Connection | http://blaftblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-kannywood-bollywood-connection.html | Kannywood, Bollywood | 2012-16-11 |
edit | Nollywood's Female Pioneer Aims For Global Audience | http://www.npr.org/2013/01/04/168589567/nollywoods-female-pioneer-aims-for-global-audience?sc=tw&cc=share | NPR, Transcript, Audio | 2013-01-04 |
edit | Tattaunawa akan Tsoffin Taurari da Sabbi a Kannywood | http://www.hausa.rfi.fr/najeriya/20130106-tattaunawa-akan-tsoffin-taurari-da-sabbi-kannywood | RFI, Audio | 2013-01-06 |
edit | Leadership: Between Bollywood And Kannywood, Which One Commands The Market? | http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/44868/2013/01/13/between_bollywood_and_kannywood_which_one_commands_market.html | Leadership, Kano, Kannywood, Bollywood | 2013-01-13 |
edit | Makon ‘Kwankwasiyya Film Awards’: Malamai Sun Samo Hujjar Fina-finan Hausa Daga Alkur’ani | http://hausa.leadership.ng/?q=node/349 | Hausa, Kano, Government, Kwankwaso, Festival | 2013-03-22 |
edit | Bidiyo: Mun Bullo Da Tsarin Bod Office Domin Inganta Kasuwancin Finafinai – Afakallah | http://goo.gl/8dVqk | Afakallah, Cinema, Theaters, Box Office, Kano, Kannywood, LEADERSHIP | 2013-04-04 |
edit | Kannywood: Flourishing against all odds (via muryararewa.com) | http://goo.gl/YfEvW | Kannywood | 2013-04-06 |
edit | Matsalolin da Mata ke fuskanta wajen shiga harkar Fim a Najeriya | http://goo.gl/tBMPH | RFI, RFI Hausa, Audio | 2013-04-07 |
edit | FG bans film on Nigerian poverty, places producer under security watch | http://premiumtimesng.com/news/129349-exclusive-fg-bans-film-on-nigerian-poverty-places-producer-under-security-watch.html | Corruption, Censorship, Government, Documentary | 2013-04-13 |
edit | Nollywood: Censored at Home, Available on the Internet | http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/nollywood-censored-at-home-available-on-the-internet/ | Nollywood, Censorship, Nigeria, Corruption, NYTimes | 2013-04-24 |
edit | Fasahar rubuta labarin Fim na hausa da shawara | http://www.hausa.rfi.fr/afrika/20130629-fasahar-rubuta-labarin-fim-na-hausa-da-shawara | RFI, RFI Hausa, Audio, Story, Writing, Editing | 2013-06-30 |
edit | Mawaka a Fina-finan Hausa (Music in Hausa films) | http://goo.gl/Eb22Y | RFI, RFI Hausa, Audio, Music, Waka, Mawaka | 2013-07-07 |
edit | Blueprint Newspaper's The good and the ugly on Kannywood | http://www.naijarules.com/xf/index.php?threads/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-side-of-kannywood.29233/ | Kannywood, Blueprint Newspaper, Opinion | 2013-08-23 |
edit | The Hausa Spoken in Hausa Films | http://allafrica.com/stories/201308300844.html | Hausa, Language, Films, Hausa Language, DailyTrust | 2013-08-30 |
edit | Hausa Film: Compatible or Incompatible with Islam and the Hausa Culture? | http://kadunavoice.com/hausa-film-compatible-or-incompatible-with-islam-and-the-hausa-culture | Islam, Religion, Hausa Culture, Culture, Hausa Films | 2013-10-11 |
edit | Hausa Films Subtitling: Expanding or Exposing the Kannywood? | http://www.muhsin.in/2014/03/15-hausa-films-subtitling-expanding-or.html | Hausa, Hausa Films, Kannywood, Language, Essay, Bayero University | 2014-03-18 |
edit | ‘Kannywood on the verge of collapse due to piracy’ - Weekly Trust | http://dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/magazine-cover/17333-kannywood-on-the-verge-of-collapse-due-to-piracy | piracy, Kannywood, Weekend Magazine, DailyTrust, interview | 2014-08-16 |