The Kano State Censorship Board has placed an immediate ban on 22 Hausa-language film series, including well-known favourites like Labarina and Dadin Kowa, over allegations of bypassing established ...

The novels and films about the big West African ethnic group Hausa are very popular, albeit barely penetrating the language border. Carmen McCain has not just done her doctorate on Hausa literature ...

Muhibbat Abdussalam is a famous Hausa film actress, producer and story writer in the popular Hausa film industry otherwise known as Kannywood. The actress is reinventing herself as an Islamic poet.

With low sales and consequently diminishing returns, the Hausa home video industry may be in deep trouble in recent times, but it is now making moves to recapture its essence through various means.