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1976
🌐 Hausa
Shehu Umar
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Shaihu Umar is a 1976 Nigerian film directed by Adamu Halilu. It is based on the eponymous 1955 novella by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and it is one the first feature film in Hausa. Shaihu Umar was long tagged a lost film until its camera negative was discovered in 2016, thereby making it possible for the film to be digitally reconstructed in 2018.