Their familys wealth was derived from the trade of leather goods, cloth, kola, salt, horses and imported metals. Amina the warrior queen or zaria temple productions website. Her familys wealth is said to come from the sale of leather goods, cloth, kola, salt, horses and imported metals. The 22yearold actress who joined the industry 2012 has gone from an amateur actress to an agrad artist. Queen amina show with nollywood actor john dumelo duration.
Malika warrior queen animated pilotfilm full duration. Queen amina of zazzau ali nuhu official trailer youtube. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Queen amina is a thrilling epic movie about the most charismatic warrior, sovereign and queen in the history of africa who was fathered by the legendary warrior, expansionist, and empire builder, barkwa turunku. When the wicked king steals queen amina s crown, he loses his own crown in the process. In this piece aliyu askira examines her rise to fame and her new project depicting the life of the famous queen amina of zazzau. Dont be discouraged by the length of the book, it moves quickly and will keep you turning the pages. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading queen amina of zaria. African movie stars archives after queen amina, pete edochie returns for bakan dabo. Official trailer for historic nigerian movie amina starring clarion chukwura, lucy ameh, ali nuhu is. Queens of africa kindle edition by judybee and littlepinkpebble, littlepinkpebble. Who would you cast to play amina the warrior african queen. Izu ojukwus period movie on the legend of queen amina.
For the rest of her 34 year reign, she continued to fight and expand her kingdom to the greatest in history. This article about a character from either a christmas movie, television episodic series or special with a christmas theme is a stub. With karen tusa, kai jolley, queen amina eguviobi, uche nkwocha. A brief history of queen amina the great woman warrior. Hannatu bashir is one of the leading names in the hausa movie industry, kannywood.
Queen amina is set in modern day nigeria and is a tale of military victory and female heroism. Amina the movie stars lucy ameh as amina, ali nuhu, clarion chukwura, and yakubu mohammed, amongst others. Amina a warrior queen of zazzau was born around 1533 in zaria, a province of today s nigeria. The queens of africa program is dedicated, through the use of books, dolls, comics, music and animation series, to help empower. Queen amina, bank of industrys next movie, shoots in jos. Amina led her first military charge a few months after assuming power. Queen amina of zzazau is the first heroine that shaped my mind as a child.
We pride ourselves on creating cultural islamic attire that is fashionable and versatile. Nkechi the kings loving daughter was frame out of envy for stealing, she had to run for her life since the penalty for such act was to be buried alive in the evil forest. I started behaving like a queen after acting as queen. Directed by izu ojukwu, queen amina is the second of nollyfund film project that is currently in production. Following the critical success of his last feature film, the historical drama 76 which took home 5 amvcas, including best film, the talented.
The epic movie, queen amina produced by the man that made the movie living in bondage that birthed the phenomenon we know today as nollywood, okey paulo ogunjiofor, just wrapped up filming the epic movie on location in northern nigeria after four months of production a month and a half for training cast and 105 days of principal photography. The movie queen amina opened many doors of opportunities for me and my artist fee too became higher because i became a house hold name, i love that film very passionately, it is my favourite film even though i also love the film bayajidda which is a historical film. Warrior queen as a graphic novel with its central character inspired by queen amina, a 16th century queen. When amina was 20 years old, her father the 23rd ruler of the kingdom passed away without naming a successor. Amina, one of few warrior queens who ruled an african. All kings are known as sarkins but amina s goal is to become the first female ruler of the land. Enjoy this trailer for the movie amina by izu ojukwu and the website for it. The 100 million queen amina of zaria movie tvmovies nigeria. Queen amina s achievement was the closest that any ruler had come in bringing the region now known as nigeria under a single authority.
Thus, despite amina s extensive political knowledge, she reluctantly stepped aside so that her 10yearold younger brother karama could take the throne. Today, i would like to tell you about yet another great queen of africa, queen amina of zazzau. Amina a young princess dares to address inequality in. Queen amina also known as queen aminatu, was the elder daughter of queen bakwa turunku, the founder of the zazzau kingdom in 1536. Queen amina is described as a legend and represents the spirit and strength of womanhood. Queen amina eguviobi is an actress, known for believe in you, price of spice 2016 and 5th nafca.
Queen amina, sparkly queen of the world is the female doll with the british accent from the disney junior animated show doc mcstuffins. She used her military prowess to expand the territory of zazzau to the mouth of the niger in the south and including kano and katsina in the north. In 1566, when bakwa died, aminas younger brother karama became king. Amina was born around 1533 in zaria, a province of todays nigeria. How are the everyday ordinary young people handling these crisis join me on facebook live to chat with one of our aspiring young men, nathan johnson mr suppernatural canada 2019. Izu ojukwu is an award winning nigerian film director of international repute with his latest feature length films titled 76 and yet to be released amina. Amina was the elder daughter of queen bakwa turunku, the founder of the zauzau kingdom, now modernday zaria. Her mother, the queen bakwa of turunku, an influential political figure in amina s hometown equally noticed amina s military acumen and promised to raise her to become a future queen. Her real biography has been somewhat obscured by subsequent legends and folk tales.
Queen amina rides into battle in the epic trailer for izu ojukwus. At the age of eleven, yemenite amina altuhaif was married in an arranged union to a man many years her senior, and at fourteen she was sentenced to death when a court found her guilty of. The movie tells the story of amina, who lived in the age of man in a mans world. This is not straightup historical fiction, but rather a blend of that and. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Ogunjiofor just wrapped up filming the epic movie on location in northern nigeria after four months of production. Some scholars date queen amina s reign to about 1549, as heir apparent after the death of her mother. Kunle afolayans the ceo which also benefitted from the loan began shooting three months ago and like the ceo, queen amina project also got n50 million from boi. Amina is loosely drawn from the journey of the legendary fierce warrior, queen amina, who ruled for 34 years. Animations and african mythology movies hardly appear on film menus for those inclined to feed on.
She expanded the territory of the hausa people of north africa to its largest borders in history. Nollywoods major animated film on queen amina set for festivals. Commonly known as the warrior queen, queen amina of zaria was the first woman to become the sarauniya queen in a maledominated society. Queen of zazzau tells the story of queen amina, in what is now modernday nigeria. In 1576 when karama died, amina, now about 43, became queen of zazzau. Just like amanishakheto of nubia, nzingha of angola, or ranavalona i of madagascar, amina was a strong queen who loved her people, and totally marked her kingdom forever. Some scholars date queen aminas reign to about 1549, as heir apparent after the death of her mother. Shot in northern nigeria, the queen amina of zaria movie will place the northern film makers on the same pedestal as their counterparts in the south west. Queen amina was produced by okey paulo ogunjiofor, the man behind living in bondage, the film that birthed the phenomenon known today as nollywood. When bakwa died in 1566, the crown of zazzua passed to amina. Ojukwus most recent movie amina is largely based on the legend of queen amina, a 16th century hausa warriorqueen of zazzau empire. Young amina is born into a wealthy family and her grandfather is the ruler or zaria.
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