Recent Kannywood crisis won’t stop me – Teemah Makamashi

Fatima Isah otherwise known as Teemah Makamashi within the Kannywood family has vowed to continue to act for as long as she can.

According to her, the recent crisis in the industry won’t affect her desire to remain active in Kannywood. Teemah Makamashi stated this in a brief chitchat with ALIYU ASKIRA in Kano. She further spoke on marriage and future plans.

Kannywood has been very vibrant as little activities take place these days; has this affected you financially?.

Of course, since the Covid-19 crisis started government in its wisdom to protect people from contacting the disease suspended activities in major industries.

In fact, even schools and the entire government machinery were closed down. Expectedly, we were also affected and we suspended production and this has affected many of our members financially.

However, for somebody like me I have my shops here and there with my staff working under me; so life continues, but as you can see that director and producers are now going back to business and things will improve very soon.

What will you say are your gains from Kannywood?

Before, now nobody knew Teemah Makamashi or Fatima Isah until when I joined Kannywood and fortunately for me I became a star so fast. The industry and the stakeholders have been kind to me by featuring me in several of their high-budget films, such as Mariya – I will always live to remember that film produced by Ali Nuhu.

Since I came here, it has been success upon success for me, and today I am virtually a household name in the industry; wherever I go people always want to identify with me by collecting by address and phone number and all these were possible because Kannywood made me what I am.

Have you been married before?

Yes, you are one of those who is fully aware that I had been married before joining Kannywood; I mean I was once married, but when my marriage packed up, I found my way into Kannywood and relocated fully to Kano.

In fact, I have two children and it is my desire to marry again at a convenient time. At the moment I have people who are ready to marry me, but I have a target to achieve before settling down again.

What I mean is that things have changed; women should be engaged in businesses so that they can assist their husbands whenever they settle down.

That is why before I opened some of my shops I was advertising my products on the social media. On whether Kannywood is an industry that comprises people that are morally corrupt or not, it is not true that politicians use us to win elections; famous people in the society use our music for weddings and generally Kannywood members have been playing vital roles in elections in the country, especially in 2015 and 2019.

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