In 2020, I wrote an article about the influence of Bollywood (the Indian film industry) on Kannywood (the Hausa-language film industry based in Northern Nigeria). In it, I wrote that the themes portrayed in Kannywood range from chastity, modest dressing, reserved intimacy to obedience to parents, parent-figures, husbands, and in-laws to the importance of marriage,…
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