'Coronavirus a blessing': Pandemic boom in Nigeria's 'Kannywood'

At a time when the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on businesses around the world, the film industry in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north is going from strength to strength.
The region’s movie machine – dubbed “Kannywood” after its largest city Kano – has become the dominant source of entertainment for West Africa’s 80 million Hausa speakers.
Since springing up in 1992 with just seven production companies, the industry has grown to include 502 production outfits and 97 editing studios.
It now employs more than 30,000 people, according to the Kano chapter of the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria.