SUBTITLING CHALLENGES IN KANNY WOOD MOVIES: PROS AND CONS

SUBTITLING CHALLENGES IN KANNY WOOD MOVIES: PROS AND CONS

ABSTRACT

The study aims to draw attention to the need to have correct and appropriate subtitling in Kannywood movies, so as to elevate its status and promote better grasp of its aesthetics. To highlight the historical background of Kanny wood movie industry. Researcher reaches that good and correct subtitling may futher enhance audienship of the esthetics quality of filming and boost communication.

CHAPTER ONE

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.0       BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Kannywood is the title given to the film industries in the Northern part of Nigeria with Kano as its epicenter, hence named after Kano (Farouk, 2012). It suffices to note that the name “Kannywood” followed the styles of the American “Hollywood”, Indian “Bollywood” and similar other “woods” across the world (Farouk, 2012) Kannywood was created beside the national film industry called “Nollywood” where the films produced are in English, the actors mostly Christians from the Southern part of Nigeria (Lere, 2014).

Unlike Nollywood, the medium used in Kannywood is Hausa, which is the major language in the North and the most widely spoken indigenous language in Nigeria second only to Swahili in the whole of Africa (Musa, 2014).

SUBTITLING CHALLENGES IN KANNYWOOD MOVIES: PROS AND CONS