Original image, Yakubu M. Kumo/Facebook
In the Hausa film industry of Kannywood, the focus is mostly on the actors who are coming out, especially those who lead the films, while those who are behind the scenes are often forgotten.
In the industry, there are many stakeholders who contribute to the filming, from writers, lighting, sound, videographers, stage and traffic planners, etc.
Among those who work behind the scenes, the producer and the director are the most known, but the name of the writers is rarely mentioned, and it is their judge who sets the film, and if he gets a good job, the audience appreciates it.
This is why this year the BBC encouraged some writers and their demographics to write movies that became famous this year, even though there are some writers who have not done any great work this year.
Yakubu M. Kumo
Yakubu M. Kumo is a writer whose name is now rising in the writing of Kannywood movies.
Among the most famous movies he has written are Nabarina and Manyan Mata, Jamilun Jiddan and Gidan Sarauta and others.
He has been writing quality movies for a long time which people appreciated.
Fauziyya D. Suleiman
Fauziyya is a long-time writer who has been writing excellent feature films, from short to feature-length films.
Among the most famous movies she has written is Everyone’s Pleasure which she is one of the writers of the movie, which has been in the making for 10 years now.
Among the movies that are coming out this year, she wrote the movie that is coming out now, Garwashi, and she is one of the producers.
Mujahid Koguna
Mujahid Koguna and Yakubu Mohammad co-wrote the movie Arrow in the Water for 2Effects and wrote the movie Ransom.
Other famous writers who are heard in Kannywood
There are writers such as Abdulkarim Papalaje who have written many movies; there are the likes of Adamsy and Madubin Dubawa both by Ali Nuhu, Ni da Matata, Oga Abuja and others.
Nazir Adam Salihi who wrote Gidan Badamasi and Jamil Nafseen and Nabila Rabi’u Zango who wrote the film Umarni by producer Nazir Danhajiya, who are praised, but some of them in 2024 did not write.
