The Learner

Director :          Abubakar S. Shehu Producer :        Auwalu Sani Story:                Yakubu M. Kumo Language :       Hausa Year :                2018 Company :       3SP International Limited Cast:                Sadiq S. Sadiq, Al-Amin Buhari, Abubakar S. Shehu, Hafsat Idris, etc. Once again, a major Kannywood production attempts to avoid the clichés of forced marriage, a love triangle, intrusive music and dance routine, etc. in its storytelling. It, equally, tries to go back to the root to, of course, glorify the “good old days”. Above all, it proselytises Islam. Would the critics and the nativists alike ask for more? Titled Risala , an Arabic word meaning “message”, the Abubakar S. Shehu’s film is completel...