Hausa Cinema of Northern Nigeria: Cultural Imperialism and Censorship

This historical account of cinema in Nigeria explores the transcultural transfer of media from India to Africa through films.

Hausa Cinema of Northern Nigeria examines how the Hindi Cinema of India became the template for storytelling in the Hausa regional cinema of Northern Nigeria and explores the emergence of Indigenous language within cinema in this region. Such emergence created points of divergence with the Islamic public culture leading to censorship both within the entertainment indu...