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about rampant littering on university campuses after the Kwara State University screening of Nowhere to Run.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_1973.jpgIMG_1973Playwright Femi Osofisan speaks after the screening of Nowhere to Run at Kwara State University.2019-08-11T00:54:24+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/05/29/creative-writing-workshop-with-helon-habila-abuja-july-16-22-and-an-earlier-review-i-wrote-on-his-waiting-for-an-angel-and-measuring-time/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_6149.jpgIMG_6149Helon Habila speaking at the closing ceremony for the Fidelity Creative Writing Workshop, Abuja, 22 July 2010 (c) Carmen 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To read the whole thing, access the pdf via this link2019-07-18T00:56:26+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2018/02/01/2018-santa-barbara-film-festival-begins/2018-09-17T21:44:17+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2015/08/01/wa-zai-auri-jahila-balaraba-ramat-yakubus-novel-on-child-marriage/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hajiya-balaraba-ramat-yakubu-and-hafsat-abdulwaheed-copyright-carmen-mccain1.jpgHajiya Balaraba Ramat Yakubu and Hafsat Abdulwaheed-copyright Carmen McCainHausa novelists Balaraba Ramat Yakubu and Hafsat Abdulwaheed at an event celebrating the work of literary critic Ibrahim Malumfashi, Kaduna, December 2012 (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hajiya-balaraba-ramat-yakubu-and-hafsat-abdulwaheed-copyright-carmen-mccain.jpgHajiya Balaraba Ramat Yakubu and Hafsat Abdulwaheed-copyright Carmen McCainHausa novelists Balaraba Ramat Yakubu and Hafsat Abdulwaheed at a celebration for Hausa literary critic Ibrahim Malumfashi in Kaduna, December 2012. (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wane-kare-ne-ba-bare-ba-cover-copy.jpgWane Kare ne ba bare ba cover copyBalaraba Ramat Yakubu's novel Is the Man a Dog or Just an Outcast? published in 1995.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/raina-kama-association-photo-copy.jpegRaina Kama Association photo copyRaina Kama literary Association photograph duplicated in many of their books2018-03-25T07:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2012/03/30/a-mixed-up-people-when-wainaina-writes-about-africa/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/867a1-wainaina.jpg867a1-wainaina2018-03-25T07:45:53+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2016/02/21/translators-note-glenna-gordons-striking-photobook-diagram-of-the-heart-and-its-many-reviews/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/longform-original-889-1455305462-3.jpglongform-original-889-1455305462-3(c) Glenna Gordon, via Buzzfeedhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-21-at-7-01-43-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-02-21 at 7.01.43 PMA visit to mother, Sokoto State, 2005 (c) Carmen McCain (scanned as a tif file from a print and then taken as a screenshot, so not the greatest quality)https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/malami-da-iyarsa-jpg.jpgMalami da iyarsa jpgA visit to mother, Sokoto state, 2005 (c) Carmen McCain (scanned from a print, so not the greatest quality)https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-21-at-6-56-34-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-02-21 at 6.56.34 PMhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1440_nea_22-1.jpg1440_nea_22-1(c) Glenna Gordon, "Nigeria Ever After" Collectionhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_1616.jpgIMG_1616Metacontexts. Photo spread in Glenna Gordon's Diagram of the Heart pages 38-39, taken with the book and the background it came from (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-13-at-2-56-17-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-02-13 at 2.56.17 PMMother Jones sensationalizeshttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-11-at-5-44-15-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-02-11 at 5.44.15 PMhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-21-at-6-00-40-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-02-21 at 6.00.40 PMFrom my translated excerpt of Balaraba Ramat Yakubu's Wa Zai Auri Jahila (c) CNNhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gg_proof_02-850x566.jpggg_proof_02-850x566(c) Glenna Gordon via National Geographic2018-03-25T07:43:29+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2016/03/08/my-interview-with-french-magazine-grazia-about-contemporary-hausa-novels-boko-haram-et-les-noces-de-papier/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-08-at-4-32-20-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-08 at 4.32.20 PMScreenshot of my interview with Grazia. Featured photograph by Glenna Gordon shows Firdausy El-yakub reading a Hausa novel while waiting for the university to go off strike.2018-03-25T07:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2016/03/19/a-win-for-translation-fiston-mwanza-mujilas-novel-tram-83-wins-etisalat-prize-for-african-literature-and-i-archive-my-articles-of-2013-critiquing-lack-of-translation/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-19-at-10-31-22-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-19 at 10.31.22 PMhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-19-at-10-30-56-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-19 at 10.30.56 PMhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/etisala-prize-2015-3.jpgetisala-prize-2015-3Congolese Novelist Fiston Mujila Wins 2015 Etisalat Prize for African Literature - (c) Brittle Paper. See more at: http://brittlepaper.com/2016/03/congolese-novelist-fiston-mujila-wins-2015-etisalat-prize-african-literature#sthash.lN2x4xJP.dpuf2018-03-25T07:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2015/10/21/translation-conference-in-kano-and-glenna-gordons-exhibition-of-photographs-of-hausa-novelists-opens-this-evening-at-new-yorks-open-society/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_1091.jpgIMG_1091My own non-artistic photo of the books I was sending her before I shipped them off.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-21-at-10-55-29-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-21 at 10.55.29 PMGlenna Gordon's photo book Diagram of a Heart advertised on her site.2018-03-25T07:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2015/10/02/lola-shoneyin-polygamist-satire-in-the-secret-lives-of-baba-segis-wives/2018-03-25T07:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2017/11/13/photographic-memory-1-props-for-blood-and-henna/2017-11-13T10:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2015/11/17/premiere-of-nowhere-to-run-nigerias-climate-and-environmental-crisis/2017-02-22T15:40:47+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2017/01/29/for-my-loved-ones-in-republican-states-call-your-representatives/2017-07-21T20:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2016/11/06/for-my-conservative-christian-relatives-on-why-i-am-not-voting-for-trump-and-some-useful-links-and-resources-for-other-clinton-or-other-voters-with-trump-supporting-loved-ones/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/screen-shot-2016-11-04-at-6-29-38-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-04-at-6-29-38-pmhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0296-2.jpgimg_0296-22016-11-10T03:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2016/06/01/nowhere-to-run-to-be-screened-as-part-of-the-convocation-events-at-kwara-state-university-malete/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nowhere-to-run-poster-logos-added.jpgNowhere to Run poster-logo's added2016-06-01T19:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2016/04/04/nowhere-to-run-wins-grand-jury-prize-at-the-green-me-film-festival-lagos-and-draws-further-attention-to-the-plight-of-the-ekuri-forest/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1664.jpgIMG_1664https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1651.jpgIMG_16512016-04-05T18:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/teaching/seminar-for-the-arts-film-and-television-rain-2016/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/beasts-of-no-nation-1140x641.jpgbeasts-of-no-nation-1140x641https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mynollywoodmovies-com-the-figurine-01.jpgmynollywoodmovies-com-the-figurine-012016-04-01T22:54:06+00:00weekly0.6https://carmenmccain.com/2016/03/14/kannywood-awards-2016/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1766.jpgIMG_1766https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1868.jpgIMG_1868Lawan Ahmed (middle) with his award for best supporting actor in the film Da'iman (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1865.jpgIMG_1865Producer and scriptwriter Nasir Gwangwazi (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1864.jpgIMG_1864Ali Artwork poses with his award for best editor and me. https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1855.jpgIMG_1855The Minister of Information presents the Best Actress Award to a teary Nafisah Abdullahi, 12 March 2016. https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1852.jpgIMG_1852Abbas Sadiq performs at the 2016 Kannywood Awards. (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1835.jpgIMG_1835Kabir Ali Mpeg holds the award for the Best Cultural Film that he produced. (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1833.jpgIMG_1833Filmmaker, author and publisher Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1826.jpgIMG_1826At only five years of agehttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1809.jpgIMG_1809Ziriums performs at the Kannywood Awards, 12 March 2016. (c) Carmen McCain2017-01-21T07:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2013/03/07/making-history-with-balaraba-ramat-yakubus-novel-sin-is-a-puppy-a-review/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sin_is_a_puppy_that_follows_you_home_med_size.jpgsin_is_a_puppy_that_follows_you_home_med_sizeThe translation of Balaraba Ramat Yakubu's novel Alhaki Kuykuyo Ne published in 2013 by Blaft Publishers.2016-02-19T13:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2012/10/22/hajiya-balaraba-ramat-yakubus-novel-alhaki-kuykuyo-nesin-is-a-puppy-published-in-translation-by-blaft/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/4d231-frontcover.jpg4d231-frontcoverhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/b6494-balarabaramatyakubu2.jpgb6494-balarabaramatyakubu22016-02-19T13:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/03/29/my-translated-excerpt-of-ado-ahmad-gidan-dabinos-novel-kaico-published-in-sentinel-nigeria/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ado-da-talatu-cikin-ofishinsa-agusta-05.jpgAdo da Talatu cikin ofishinsa--Agusta 05Hausa novelist Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino and (translator) Carmen McCain in his office, August 2005.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/image-of-kaico-cover.jpgImage of Kaico CoverThe beat-up cover of my working copy of Kaico! (complete with little kid pencil scribbles)2016-02-19T12:59:14+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2013/09/17/balaraba-ramat-yakubus-novel-wa-zai-auri-jahila-which-questions-child-marriage-is-the-september-book-of-the-month-at-cassava-republic-press/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wa-zai-auri-jahila-small.jpgWa Zai Auri Jahila smallpart 1 of the novel, 182 pages.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wa-zai-auri-jahila-2.jpgWa Zai Auri Jahila 2The novel was published in two parts. This is the second part, of 164 pages.2020-03-20T13:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2013/10/13/words-without-borders-features-african-women-writing-in-indigenous-languages/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/word-without-borders-snip.jpgWord Without Borders snipscreenshot from the Words Without Borders October editionhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2959.jpgIMG_2959Professor Ibrahim Malumfashi, December 2012, Kaduna. (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/aab0f-glaydahnamu.jpgaab0f-glaydahnamuhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/68649-mydc0152.jpgMYDC0152.JPG2016-02-19T12:53:03+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/teaching/studies-in-contemporary-african-fiction-rain-2016/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sunny_small-21.jpgsunny_small-21https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/waiting-for-an-angel.jpgwaiting-for-an-angelhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/babacover_small1.jpgbabacover_small1https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boat_1024x1024.jpgboat_1024x1024https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/caine_cover-2013_magento.jpgcaine_cover-2013_magento2016-02-03T18:18:51+00:00weekly0.6https://carmenmccain.com/2015/11/04/jos-theatre-comes-to-abuja-jos-repertory-theatres-queen-amina-of-zazzau-opens-in-abuja-on-13-november-and-i-archive-my-review-of-africa-ukohs-play-54-silhouettes/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/qaz-1.jpgJos Rep Theatre Queen Amina of Zazzau Feb 2013The Jos Repertory Theatre's performance of Wale Ogunyemi's Queen Amina of Zazzau, in Jos, February 2013 (c) Jos Repertory Theatre, used by permission2016-02-02T17:04:31+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/teaching/2016-01-31T22:04:53+00:00weekly0.6https://carmenmccain.com/2013/12/05/africa-ukohs-brilliant-play-54-silhouettes-takes-on-hollywood-in-jos-and-abuja-and-photos-of-the-premiere-performance-in-jos/2015-11-04T18:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/carmen-mccain/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/carmen-4.jpgCarmen 4Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6507.jpgIMG_65072015-09-17T22:43:51+00:00weekly0.6https://carmenmccain.com/teaching/activism-and-filmmaking/2015-09-15T17:29:44+00:00weekly0.6https://carmenmccain.com/2015/09/11/remembering-september-11-through-a-lens-of-fourteen-years/2015-09-11T20:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2012/01/01/unity-or-hell-choices-for-the-new-year/2015-09-11T18:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2013/10/06/kofi-awoonor-al-shabab-boko-haram-and-the-struggle-for-the-new-dawn/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/al-shabab-tweet-a-new-dawn-cropped.jpgAl Shabab tweet--a new dawn--cropped2015-09-11T18:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/01/06/allah-ya-jikan-hauwa-ali-dodo/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/abd7a-img_0091.jpgabd7a-img_00912022-05-10T17:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/02/27/allah-ya-jikan-kannywood-actress-safiya-ahmed-and-directorproducer-zilkiflu-muhammed/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/59eaf-1004.jpg59eaf-1004https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/a31d0-22-6-2000.jpga31d0-22-6-20002021-08-28T16:33:13+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/11/22/allah-ya-jikan-jarumar-kannywood-hajiya-amina-garba/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hajiya-amina-garba-2.jpgHajiya Amina Garba 2A photo uploaded to Facebook by Ibrahim Alfa Ahmad of VOAhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hajiya-amina-garba-rip.jpgHajiya Amina Garba--RIPThe late Hajiya Amina Garba. I do not have a proper photo credit for this photo, but Aminu Aliyu Sheriff (Momoh) posted it on Facebook.2015-08-08T14:31:44+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/04/13/allah-ya-jikan-hausa-film-actress-maryan-umar-aliyu/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/maryam-umar-aliyu-fim.jpgMaryam Umar Aliyu FIMFIM Magazine Cover featuring Maryam Umar Aliyuhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/maryam-umar-aliyu-1.jpgMaryam Umar Aliyu 12022-09-28T13:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/06/26/the-second-coming-of-kannywood/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg8312.jpgCIMG8312The 'Mobile' Magistrate Court at the Kano Airport where Censorship Board Cases were tried. This photo was taken in July 2009 during the trial of popular singer Aminu Ala. (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ibro-a-gidan-yari.jpgIbro a gidan yariFIM Magazine feature on Ibro's time in prison, November 2008.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5636.jpgMaryam HiyanaMaryam Hiyana, who was seen as a victim in the scandel, became an unlikely folk hero with stickers of her likeness on public transport all over Northern Nigeria. (c) Carmen McCain, 2008https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bakar-ashana.jpgBakar AshanaAminu Bala's film Bakar Ashana that was banned by the Kano State Censor's Board in 2004.2015-08-08T14:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/12/26/christmas-bombs-in-madalla-jos-damaturu-and-gadaka-25-december-2011/2015-08-08T14:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2015/07/08/global-reach/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/global-reach-broken-glass.jpgglobal reach broken glassTaken on 26 February 2012 after the Boko Haram bomb at COCIN Headquarters church in Jos, Nigeria2015-07-10T01:47:45+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2015/05/09/missing-kannywood/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cimg7387.jpgCIMG7387With Kannywood peeps, BOB-TV, Abuja, 2009.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2414.jpgIMG_2414On set of Jidda, Kaduna, January 2010.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cimg5644.jpgCIMG5644Road trip to Jos, 2008. https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3185.jpgIMG_3185Hanging out in the Sheraton parking lot, at BOB-TV, Abuja, March 2010.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3029.jpgIMG_3029Golden Goose buddies at the wedding of editor, Sulaiman Abubakar MPEG, Mrch 2010.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_6865.jpgIMG_6865The last day of the Mutallab shoot, Kaduna, August 2010.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_7113.jpgIMG_7113Mirror selfie on set Janni-Janni, Kaduna, August 2010.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_6619.jpgIMG_6619https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8114.jpgIMG_8114On set of an AGM Bashir film, Kano, 2010.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2822.jpgIMG_2822On set of Abbas Sadiq film, Jos, 2012.2016-09-10T21:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2015/03/27/on-the-eve-of-the-election-podcast-with-ade-torrent-on-blogging-from-nigeria/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9555.jpgBoko Haram video on phoneBoko Haram propaganda video playing on the phone of an IDP I interviewed. (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9621.jpgIMG_9621PDP poster shoved through bus windows, 25 March 2014. (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/27032015083.jpg27032015083On the eve of the election. 27 March 2015. (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/27032015082.jpg27032015082On the eve of the election. March 27, 2015. https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/06022015079.jpgNigeria 2015 campaign, February 2015Nigeria 2015 campaign, February 2015https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-27-at-11-34-22-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-03-27 at 11.34.22 AM2015-04-21T21:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2015/02/26/interview-with-award-winning-filmmaker-kenneth-gyang-at-the-african-studies-association-conference-2014/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1370.jpgIMG_13702015-03-25T14:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/10/24/mr-lecturer-snoop-dogg-and-dbanjs-mr-endowed/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/vlcsnap-2011-10-12-13h42m57s29.pngvlcsnap-2011-10-12-13h42m57s29https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/vlcsnap-2011-10-12-13h44m37s0.pngvlcsnap-2011-10-12-13h44m37s02015-02-26T17:21:26+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2014/12/20/my-memories-of-dan-ibro-in-weekly-trust-today/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cimg6108.jpgCIMG6108https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cimg6119.jpgAn Kwantar da Ibro Asabiti"An Kwantar da Ibro Asabiti" article published in Leadership Hausa, 17-23 October 2008https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cimg7700.jpgIbro Dan Siyasa discIbro Dan Siyasahttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cimg7698.jpgCIMG76982015-02-02T20:10:18+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2014/12/11/remembering-dan-ibro-tare-da-baturiyarsa/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ibro-ya-auri-baturiya-cd-cover.pngIbro Ya Auri Baturiya cd coverThe original vcd cover for Ibro Ya Auri Baturiya.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/kotun-ibro.pngKotun IbroIbro's film Kotun Ibro poked fun at the mobile court that had arrested him.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fh000023.jpgOn set Ibro Ya Auri BaturiyaOn set of Ibro Ya Auri Baturiya. Left to right. Director Muhammad Y. Muhammad, Baba Ari, me, Dan Auta, Producer Lawal D. Funtua. https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cimg7612.jpgCIMG7612Eating on set of Ibro Ya Auri Baturiya. (Ibro in white). (Me, grinning like idiot)https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ibro-ya-auri-baturiya-cover.jpgIbro Ya Auri Baturiya coverOne of the vcd covers for Ibro Ya Auri Baturiya (more coming once I can find my hard copies in the various boxes where they are packed)2015-07-07T13:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2015/02/01/politicalironies-campaigning-in-a-time-of-boko-haram/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/screen-shot-2015-01-16-at-10-16-32-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-01-16 at 10.16.32 PM2015-02-02T20:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2014/07/09/introducing-dr-carmen-mccain/2014-11-07T19:11:44+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/03/19/governor-ibrahim-shekarau-on-hisbah-censorship-and-kannywood-in-the-presidential-debates/2014-07-09T17:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/12/05/iyan-tama-multimedia-awards/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo-1-e1399243354449.jpgphoto 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beauty2014-01-10T18:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2014/01/08/the-polar-vortex-welcomes-america-into-the-arctic-circle/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ice-in-the-toilet-for-web.jpgIce in the toilet-for webhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/frozen.jpgfrozenWhat is this?2014-03-08T14:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/11/04/rawa-da-waka-a-finafinan-hausasinging-and-dancing-in-hausa-films/2016-01-27T06:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2013/10/23/plateau-international-film-festival-kicks-off-tomorrow-with-dul-johnsons-documentary-there-is-nothing-wrong-with-my-uncle/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/vlcsnap-2013-10-16-15h12m55s169.pngvlcsnap-2013-10-16-15h12m55s169still used by permission of Dul 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1Light (c) CM2013-11-07T15:55:53+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2013/10/26/my-thoughts-exactly-year-three-in-review/2013-10-29T20:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/11/22/government-money-a-remix-of-arab-money-by-supreme-solar-t-rex-and-ziriums/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/vlcsnap-1078941.pngZiriums featured in Intersection's "Government Money" By Supreme SolarZiriums featured in "Government Money" by Supreme Solarhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/vlcsnap-9564301.pngFG Kudihttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/vlcsnap-956430.pngFG Kudi from Supreme Solar's Song "Government Money" featuring T-Rex and Ziriumshttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/banned-songs-2-by-alex-johnson.jpgbanned songs 2--by Alex Johnson11 Songs banned by the Kano State Censorship Board. Photo (c) Alex Johnson2013-10-20T00:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2012/08/16/ramadan-pieces-from-last-year-why-as-a-christian-i-fast-during-ramadan-and-under-the-mango-tree/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_7118.jpgIMG_7118Breaking fast on the set of Jani-Jani, Kaduna, 29 August 2010. (c) Carmen McCain2013-10-20T00:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/09/07/hausa-rapper-ziriums-releases-album-this-is-me-and-music-video-single-online-lyrics-included-here/2014-04-12T22:49:47+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/03/19/champions-of-our-time-the-figurine-and-nigerias-rebranding-project-at-fespaco/2013-10-20T00:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/12/12/in-response-to-adaobi-tricia-nwaubanis-in-africa-the-laureates-curse-an-op-ed-piece-in-todays-new-york-times/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/cimg0925.jpgCIMG0925Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 15 October 2006 (c) CM2013-10-19T23:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/12/22/collected-or-stolen-sothebys-set-to-auction-a-plundered-benin-mask-on-17-february/2013-10-19T22:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2012/01/15/muslims-around-the-church-gimba-kakanda/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gimba-kakanda-during-the-occupynigeria-protests.jpgGimba-Kakanda-During the OccupyNigeria ProtestsGimba Kakanda during the Fuel Subsidy Protests (used by permission of Gimba Kakanda)2013-10-19T22:41:28+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/12/26/christmas-eve-bombing-jos-nigeria-24-december-2010/2013-10-19T22:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/04/03/africa-movie-academy-awards-celebrating-africa%e2%80%99s-film-industries-building-pan-african-cinema/2013-10-19T22:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/04/22/ash/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2d701-munch_the_scream_2.jpg2d701-munch_the_scream_22013-10-19T22:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/04/25/threat-of-hate-hope-of-love-thoughts-on-the-post-election-crisis-april-2011-also-looking-for-stories-of-christians-and-muslims-protecting-each-other/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/image0071.jpgImage0071ECWA Church Badawa burnt during the 2011 post-election crisis, Kano. Sent to me by Rev. Murtala Mati. Please do not repost without permission.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1702001-r1-050-23a.jpg1702001-R1-050-23ABaba Karami in Karami CD Palace, 2009. (c) Carmen McCainhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1491801-r1-005-1.jpg1491801-R1-005-1Karami CD Palace 20092013-10-19T22:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2011/11/21/interview-with-ghanaian-british-filmmaker-julius-amedume-and-review-of-four-of-his-short-films/2013-10-19T21:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2012/01/18/stop-internet-censorship-protesting-sopapipa-bills-currently-before-the-u-s-congress/2013-10-19T21:08:55+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/08/18/iyan-tama-takes-rabo-to-court-for-defamation-and-other-lawsuits/2013-10-19T17:27:22+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/07/03/photos-of-peace-rally-in-jos/2013-10-19T17:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/05/10/11am-press-conference-for-sani-danjas-new-organization-nigerian-artistes-in-support-of-democracy-bolingo-hotel-abuja-today/2013-10-19T17:03:50+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/12/16/a-hausa-literary-expedition-to-damagaram-zinder-niger/2014-11-25T14:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/10/02/the-latest-on-the-iyan-tama-case-from-nigerian-news-service/2013-10-19T16:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/07/07/my-notes-on-the-court-case-of-aminu-ala-today-at-the-mobile-court-attached-to-the-kano-state-censorship-board/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cimg8327.jpgCIMG8327Singer Aminu Ala speaking with friend, novelist Sa'adatu Baba Fagge, before his court case on 7 July 2009, Airport Magistrate Court, Kano.2013-10-19T16:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/07/02/the-great-nigerian-hip-hop-debates/2013-10-19T16:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/03/30/helon-habila-speaks-on-censorship-in-kano/2013-10-19T16:08:31+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/03/20/the-kano-state-censorship-board-opens-a-website/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kscb-logo.jpgkscb-logo2013-10-19T15:56:28+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/02/09/director-of-photography-workshop-begins-at-the-alliance-francaise-kano-ali-jita-marries-and-news-about-clash-of-yan-acaba-with-governors-entourage/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cimg7267.jpgcimg7267Abbas Sadiq and Sanin Maikatanga at bikin Ali Jita da Nafisa Laila2013-10-19T15:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/01/23/215am-raid-on-iyan-tamas-family/2013-10-19T15:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2009/01/13/on-the-current-censorship-crisis-in-kano-nigeria/2013-10-19T15:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2012/03/24/the-strange-poisonous-fruit-of-hate-south-africa-nigeria-and-the-world/2013-10-13T22:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2013/07/08/in-anticipation-of-tonights-announcement-by-the-caine-prize-for-african-writing/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/elnathan-and-abubakar-in-uganda-abubakars-fb-page.jpgElnathan and Abubakar in Uganda-Abubakar's FB pageElnathan and Abubakar at the Caine Prize workshop in Uganda, April 20132013-10-13T21:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2010/04/18/interview-with-hiphop-artist-ziriums-in-this-weeks-aminiya/2014-01-06T12:01:34+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2012/05/12/the-caine-prize-the-tragic-continent-and-the-politics-of-the-happy-african-story/2013-10-06T18:41:57+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2012/05/31/in-conversation-with-four-tiv-filmmakers/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/group-pic.jpggroup picKenneth Iornumbe on set with actors and actresses. (courtesy Kenneth Iornumbe)https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/movie-pic.jpgmovie picTiv actors on set (courtesy Kenneth Iornumbe)https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/after-shooting.jpgafter shootingKenneth Iornumbe on set after shooting (courtesy Kenneth Iornumbe)https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/orfetarga-tiv-movie.jpgOrfetarga - Tiv movieFrom a poster for a Tiv movie Orfetarga (courtesy Kenneth Iornumbe)https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tar-taver.jpgTar taverTiv Movie "Tar Taver" (Courtesy of Kenneth Iornumbe)https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/iornumbe-kenneth-terhemen.jpgIornumbe kenneth TerhemenTiv Producer and Director Kenneth Iornumbe2020-01-07T23:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://carmenmccain.com/2013/09/08/25-years-in-nigeria/https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/family-photo-christmas-2012-4.jpgfamily photo Christmas 2012 4Family photo Christmas 2012, Joshttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cimg4896.jpgCIMG4896Family photo in Jos in the 1990s, around 1993 or 94.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cimg5128.jpgCIMG5128Off to school.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cimg5197.jpgCIMG5197Together with some of our closest friends in Port Harcourt, the Nwators, in front of our house.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cimg5200.jpgCIMG5200In the guest house, I am busy writing in my diary my first impressions of Nigeria. The diary is unfortunately somewhere in storage now.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cimg5199.jpgCIMG5199Our family in the university guest house, together with a Fulbright family. https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cimg5190.jpgCIMG5190All of our Atlanta-based relatives came to see us off at the airport. Here we are in airport's chapel.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cimg5195.jpgCIMG5195With Aunty Lily and her neighbourhttps://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cimg5193.jpgCIMG5193By the time we made it to the Tube, we must have been pretty jetlagged.https://carmenmccain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cimg5192.jpgCIMG5192On the train from Gatwick into 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