index 303songs for the Prophet Muhammad, 87;
Qadiriy ya brotherhood, 194; Sufi, 135,
174, 179; Tijaniy ya brotherhood, 193;
umma (global community of Muslims),
177; Wahhabi-inspired reform, 132. See
also Koran; sharia law
Israel, 178
Italy, emergence of photo novels in, 57
itv (Tanzanian tv station), 152, 252, 276n6
(c h a p. 8)
Ivory Coast, 35, 214
Iyan-Tama, Hamisu Lamido, 132, 143–144,
274n5 (chap. 4)
Izala (Islamic reform group), 132, 174, 179,
194
Jalal, Farida, 138
Jamâ’at Izâlat al-Bid’a wa Iqâmat as-Sunna
(Society for the Removal of Innovation
and Reinstatement of Tradition), 132
Jameson, Fredric, 2
Jammal, Mohammed. See W hite Nigerian
Jangare, Magajiyar (female bori spirit), 28
Jesus Christ, 109, 117, 197, 198, 275n8
Jesus Team Productions, 186, 187
“Jitolee!” (Volunteer!; Mzungu K ichaa
song and video), 232, 236, 237, 277n12
JJC (Abdulrashid Bello), 237
Johannesburg, South A frica, 66
Johari (Tanzanian film), 274n5 (chap. 5)
Johnson, Mercy, 167, 168, 169
Jos, ’Dan Maraya, 48
Judah! (Hausa fi lm), 133, 134–135, 136
Kabara, Nasiru, 193–194
Kabran Sakitar (Corporal Secretary;
Babule/Hauka spirit), 45
Kafaran (the Corporal; Babule spirit), 29,
30, 54
Kalikawe, Justin, 103
Kalimba, Remigius, 238
Kamunyonge Seventh-day Adventist choir
(Musoma, Tanzania) “Titanic” song, 1,
4, 22–23, 106, 106–111, 117, 273nn7–11. See
also Nyasho Kwaya
Kanayo, Kanayo O., 153
Kano, Nigeria, 23, 28, 120; Babule/Hauka
spirits in, 49, 54; bin Laden merchandise
in, 172, 193; bori cult in, 46; as com-
mercial center of northern Nigeria, 87;
“wash-wash” scam in, 215–218
Kano State Censorship Board, 123, 137, 140,
149, 188; filmmakers in adversarial re-
lationship to, 143; “Fire for Fire” opera-
tion, 121, 142; gubernatorial elections in
Kano and, 146; hisbah (religious police)
and, 141; mobile court of, 145
Kano State Filmmakers Association, 140,
141
Kanumba, Steven, 165, 168, 169
Kanuri people, 128
Kany wood, 23, 87, 94, 139, 140, 147–149;
censorship of, 145, 263; crash of video
film market (2003), 136; global media
flows and, 270; gubernatorial elections
in Kano and, 146, 146–147; heterotopian
spaces and, 124, 264; “playback ” stu-
dio singers of, 87; remakes as wankiya
(deception), 268; remaking as common
practice, 88; scandal in, 140–147; ultra-
orthodox Muslim pressure on, 120–121.
See also video films, Hausa
Katambula, Faraji H. H., 78
katharsis, 10
Kaura, Lawal A lhassan, 144
Kawari, Lawan na, 48
Kenya, 21, 56, 158, 251, 252; independence
struggle, 77; Spearman fans in, 73;
witchcraft beliefs in, 170
Kermani, Navid, 194
K han, Shah Rukh, 3, 126
K hanna, A kshaye, 128
Khusufi (Hausa film), 121, 126, 127, 128–131,
148
K igosi, Vincent, 163, 274n5 (chap. 5)
K ikongo language, 115, 273n12
K ilian, Cassis, 278n1
K imeli, Kenney, 81
King Solomon’s Mines (Holly wood film),
208
K inshasa, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, 3, 111