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Ibrahim, Muhammad Muhsin and Yusuf, Aliyu Yakubu (2018). Going Beyond Boundaries: There is a Way and the Use of English Medium in Hausa Film Industry. CINEJ Cine. J., 7 (1). S. 205 - 225. PITTSBURGH: UNIV PITTSBURGH, UNIV LIBRARY SYSTEM. ISSN 2158-8724

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Abstract

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 English or any non African language in African arts (film, inclusive) is a topic of scholarly debate, especially within the discourse of postcolonial studies. Many pan-African writers and critics query the justification of that as the language is, they argue, foreign to African audience and is used only by and for the elites. Kannywood filmmakers, nevertheless, claim that theirs is rather a response to the Southern Nigerian filmmakers whose industry, Nollywood is enormously successful and far ahead for, among other reasons, their use of English. This paper attempts an evaluation of the English language and the subtitle of the film in question, to access the success or otherwise of its narrative essence.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ibrahim, Muhammad Muhsin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Yusuf, Aliyu Yakubu UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-193076
DOI:	10.5195/cinej.2018.206
Journal or Publication Title:	CINEJ Cine. J.
Volume:	7
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 205 - 225
Date:	2018
Publisher:	UNIV PITTSBURGH, UNIV LIBRARY SYSTEM
Place of Publication:	PITTSBURGH
ISSN:	2158-8724
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language NOLLYWOOD Multiple languages Film, Radio, Television Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19307