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Nigeria has all but finished a flourishing local film industry that employed thousands of people, but was under scrutiny by clerics and officials. AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO / AMINU ABUBAKAR

Extremists Halt ‘Film Village’ Project North of Nigeria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2016 | World

Kano (Nigeria)-After a wide campaign and so much pressure put by extremists, Nigeria has cancelled a plan to build a $10 million “Film Village” outside the mainly Muslim northern city of Kano. The project, to be built on a 20-hectare expanse near Kano, planned for a...

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Extremists Halt ‘Film Village’ Project North of Nigeria

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