302 i n de x
Guevara, Che, 198
Gumi, Abubakar, 132, 174, 179, 194, 196
Gwanja, Sa’idu, 143
Halima (Mushe spirit), 45
Halliwell, Stephen, 10
Hanga Beri, the Locomotive (spirit),
44–45
Hannerz, Ulf, 230, 231
Hansome, Kelly, 223
Haruna, Jamila, 138
“Hasbunallahu” (A la et al. song), 145
Hauka spirits. See Babule/Hauka spirits
Hausa language, 26, 136, 181, 187, 235–236;
code-switched with English, 89; cor-
ruption of, 29, 30; in social media posts,
254; song lyrics in, 245; spoken in south-
western Niger, 31, 32, 33; video films in,
87; W hite Nigerian as fluent speaker of,
233, 239
Hausa people, 13, 116; bori cult and, 35;
color symbolism of, 48–49; film indus-
try and, 16; musicians and dancers, 47;
“nonethnic Hausa,” 148
Hausawa, Nazir (Ziriums; Hausa rapper),
145
Hayatu, Abubakar Baballe, 126
Head Huntress, The (Spearman story), 70
Henning, Francois (Lekgoa), 247, 277n18
Herero people, German colonial war on,
250
hermeneutics, 19
heterotopias, 85, 124, 264
hip-hop: movies, 163; white A frican musi-
cians and, 232, 233, 236, 238, 256
hiv, 79, 273n10
Hiyana scandal, 140–141, 148
holey cult, 35
Holly wood (A merican) films, 94, 147, 163,
261, 270; gangster movies, 66; Nigerian
remakes of, 278n1; pirated, 3, 152
Holmes, A lfred, 61
Hong Kong films, 147, 152
Hook-Handed K iller (photo-novel char-
acter), 62
horror movies, 163–164
Höschele, Stefan, 109–110
Hotel Rwanda (film), 208
Huggan, Graham, 11, 12
Hunter, R ick (pseudonym of cyber scam-
mer), 201, 205, 206, 221
Hussein, Saddam, 190, 191, 192
Hustle (Mzungu K ichaa ep), 232“I Go Chop Your Dollar” (Owoh song),
219–220
Ibrahim, Maijidda, 128
Ibro Aloko (Hausa film), 144
Ibro K’auran Mata (Hausa film), 144
Ibro Saddam (Hausa film), 190, 191, 192,
269, 275n7
Ibro Usama (Hausa film), 187–189, 188, 195,
275n6
Igbo people/language, 180, 186
Igwe, Chidi Nnamdi, 212
Iheme, Osita, 238
Ikedieze, Chinedu, 238
Ikhwan (Islamic reform group), 132, 133
Ikpoenyi, Ifeanyi (Mr. Holly wood), 270
imperialism, Western, 224, 257
Indian films. See Bollywood (Indian)
films
Instagram, 253
“International” (EES song), 238
internet, 26, 81, 97, 140, 177, 180; “cosmo-
politan engagements at a distance” and,
250; hypertext medium of, 210; mimesis
and, 260; scamming and, 204–205, 210,
212–213; streaming of YouTube videos,
243
Iran, Islamic Republic of, 133
Iraq war, 172
Isa, Mansura, 137–138
Isa Mai Babule, 49–50
Islam and Muslims, 24, 42, 188, 197; bin
Laden merchandise and, 172–174; film-
making as preaching, 131–136; food
taboos of, 44; fundamentalist, 53;
Kany wood and ultraorthodox Mus-
lims, 120–121; millenarian atmosphere
in northern Nigeria, 174–177; Muslim
military dictators of Nigeria, 193; praise