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 On the Final Episode of Kwana Casa’in

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"mGnPjVR7" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Z5AD8rti" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><strong>By Muhsin Ibrahim<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Afwhu9sd" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Filmmakers famously announce that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;it’s a wrap” after the last camera roll on the final shooting day&period; It gives them&comma; and of course&comma; the entire actors and actresses present&comma; an immense sense of relief&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Naturally&comma; humans want to rest and become excited when they reach the point of getting it&period; But&comma; that’s the point when the post-production team and subsequently the audience begin their work – of reading the work in their way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;wrap”&comma; always&comma; leaves many holes unfilled&period; Although Kwana Casa’in is&comma; unarguably&comma; the most expensive and expansive Hausa drama yet&comma; the final episode of season four&comma; aired yesterday &lpar;27&period;12&period;2020&rpar;&comma; leaves much to be desired&period; Hence&comma; I felt the need to quickly write this brief &OpenCurlyQuote;review’ in addition to the one I wrote in July 2019&period; So much has happened between then &lpar;season one&rpar; and now &lpar;season four&rpar;&period; But&comma; there is no need to narrate the story as I believe most of my readers follow the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;16&sol;the-new-trend-of-hausa-film-making-in-nigeria&sol;">The new trend of Hausa film making in Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I start with Alhaji Auta Baita’s appearance as another &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;big man” in Alfawa State politics&period; From the onset&comma; he was there to rival and defeat the dominance of Alhaji Safiyanu Ali alias Matawalle&period; However&comma; after the latter’s downfall&comma; which the former caused&comma; he unexpectedly changes and becomes yet another state’s enemy&period; What more is there to do to undermine the embattled governor that has not been done&quest; Are we going to have another savior in the season finale or the governor is politically strong enough now&quest; Is every powerful man against the governor&quest; Many similar questions are begging for responses&period; While we wait for their answers&comma; I kindly remind the series’ creators not to overstretch this essential part and risk making the story monotonous&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Prison&lowbar;furlough">When it’s a global tradition for prisoners to get a furlough<&sol;a> to attend the burial of their loved ones&comma; Bawa Maikada&comma; a – whole &&num;8211&semi; former governor&comma; is arrested soon after his son’s gruesome murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I am not in the position to call this wrong&comma; but it’s very improbable&period; The drama of this nature&comma; even though fictional&comma; it reflects reality&period; Thus&comma; how could you arrest him on the day he buried his handsome&comma; innocent son and amidst family and mourners&comma; who&comma; by the way&comma; disappear&quest; Where are the many armed police protecting him&quest; They also vanish except one during the arrest&period; Something looks implausible here as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Likewise&comma; the abduction of Salma and those schoolchildren seems somewhat misdirected&period; The family of Bawa Maikada has already been punished in one of the most befitting ways&period; Ideally&comma; they should not go through more pain&comma; especially when the other pain is excruciatingly fresh&period; Again&comma; she is &OpenCurlyQuote;blameless’ as she has never been on the side of her heartless parents&period; Despite all threats and against the odds&comma; she doggedly supports – and probably loves – Sahabi&comma; her parents’ &OpenCurlyQuote;opponent’ number one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her uprightness deserves a reward&comma; not punishment&period; Regarding the schoolchildren&comma; their parents have nothing to do with the previous government Sambo and his gang are fighting&period; Thus&comma; neither Salma nor the children are a useful bargaining chip for Sambo’s puerile demands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I probably sound too opinionated&period; Nonetheless&comma; I guess the opinions are not out of place&period; I consider Kwana Casa’in as the best Hausa socio-political drama there is today&period; Therefore&comma; like the lengthier review I wrote in 2019&comma; this piece seeks to make it better&comma; not criticize it baselessly or undermine its makers’ and sponsors’ fantastic effort&period; Nothing and nobody is perfect&period; Generally&comma; there is a need for Hausa filmmakers&comma; not only members of Kannywood&comma; to understand that film criticism is a global&comma; standard practice&period; Besides&comma; like many audiences&comma; I can’t wait for season five&comma; the drama’s actual &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;wrap”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Muhsin Ibrahim wrote From the University of Cologne Germany<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>muhsin2008&commat;gmail&period;com<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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