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Kannywood actress and producer
Hauwa Maina
BornBorno State
Citizenship Nigeria
Alma materKaduna State polytechnic
Occupation(s)Kannywood actress, Producer
Years active1998-2018
Children2

Hauwa Maina was a Kannywood actress and producer who featured in the film Queen Amina of Zazzau. She died of an undisclosed illness at Kano hospital on 2 May 2018.

Career

She was the secretary-general of the local hausa association of female producers. Her first appearance was in Tuba and later on she featured on bayajida, a historical film used in teaching pupils in school today. She owned her own production company known as Ma'inta Enterprises Limited which had produced films including Gwaska, Sarauniya Amina among others.

Filmography

  • Tuba
  • Queen Amina of Zazzau
  • Bayajida
  • Sarauniya Amina
  • Gwaska and Maina

Nominations and awards

  • Best Afro Nollywood award in London, 2007.
  • Best actress  at the SIM Awards, 2010.

See also

References

  1. Lere, Mohammed (2018-05-02). "Kannywood actress, Hauwa Maina, is dead". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  2. Liman, Abubakar Aliyu (5 September 2019). "Memorializing a Legendary Figure: Bajajidda the Prince of Bagdad in Hausa Land". Afrika Focus. 32 (1). doi:10.21825/af.v32i1.11787.
  3. Blueprint (2014-03-24). "We want to tell our African stories in Hausa movies – Hauwa Maina". Blueprint. Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  4. ^ "Hail of tributes trail late Hauwa Maina, Kannywood celebrated actress". Vanguard News. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  5. ^ Edubi, Omotayo (2018-05-03). "Kannywood actress, Hauwa Maina, is dead". The Sun Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  6. "Kannywood actress Hauwa Maina is dead". TheCable Lifestyle. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2022-08-05.


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