Rahama Sadau

Rahama Sadau (born Rahama Ibrahim Sadau; 7 December 1993) is a Nigerian actress. She is the winner of Best Actress (Kannywood) at the City People Entertainment Awards in 2014 and 2015.^[1][2] She is often referred to as "Queen of Kannywood", the Hausa language cinema of Nigeria. She won Best African Actress at the 19th African Film Awards in 2015 by African Voice.^[3]

Acting career

The 22 year old Business Administration graduate of Kaduna Polytechnic joined the Hausa movie industry Kannywood in 2013 and is one of the few Hausa on-screen characters who speaks Hindi fluently. Rahama played a few minor roles before gaining fame from her performance in “Gani ga Wane” alongside the popular Kannywood actor Ali Nuhu.

In addition to acting, she participates in charity works and most recently visited an IDP camp in Wasa, Abuja, Nigeria. This was organised by her charitable initiative Ray of Hope. Rahama participated in the 2015 Cancer day Walk organised by Medicaid.

Filmography

Hausa Movies

• Gani Ga Wane
• Jinin Jikina
• Halwa
• Sirrin Da Ke Raina
• Ana Wata Ga Wata
• Aljannar Duniya
• Dogon Zamani
• Sabuwar Sangaya
• Dakai Zan Gana
• Halacci
• Minnal
• Dalilin So
• Suma Mata Ne
• Chasing Hanifa
• Banganta Ba
• Sallamar So
• Garbati
• Mallakamin Dukiyarki
• Ni Da Qawata
• Dan Sarkin Agadez

English Movies

• The Light Will Come
• Super Story (Soap Opera)
• Sons of the Caliphate (Soap Opera)

Suspension

Rahama Sadau was banned from the Hausa film industry Kannywood, by the Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN)^[4] on Sunday, 2 October 2016 due to an "offensive hug" in her appearance in an Hausa music video^[5] along side a Jos based popular pop star ClassiQ

MOPPAN argued that the "hugging and cuddling" in the video was in violation of the code of ethics known to all Hausa movie practitioners. The industry, commonly known as Kannywood, has been under fire from conservative Muslim clerics who accuse it of corrupting people's values.

However, on 8 October 2016, she was reported to be featuring in a movie series on EbonyLife TV^[6] and on 15 October 2016, she confirmed on her twitter account that she had been invited to Hollywood by Akon and Jeta Amata.^[7]

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