Appraising the Images of Girl Child Sexual Abuse in Kannywood Films: Dijangala as Paradigm
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This research intends to interrogate the extent images of girl child sexual abuse has been explored in Kannywood films. Obviously, girl child sexual abuse has been one of the most serious child abuse cases across the globe. It has been prevalent and dengerious too. Its impacts on the victims are many including psychological, health and emotional. Thus, many means have been used over the decades to address the menace, one such approaches is film production. It is based on this backdrop that this research is undertaken. However, to achieve its aim and objectives, the researcher adopted mixed research method; in other words, the work adpoted a survey research approach of the quantitative methodology which is rooted in using first-hand observation to acquire data, explain, predict, and determine events under study, and content analysis of the qualitative methodology. The population of this study comprises Kano Metropolis; a population of abouy 2.8million. However, a sample of 400 respondents was used for the study. This sample was randomly drawn from a population of 4,348,000 people. The sample of the study consists of selected Kannywood 80 films directors/producers, 120 actors/actresses, 200 Kannywood audiences. Thus, the primary data consisted of 400 validated copies of a questionnaire were administered to the aforementioned respondents. The respondents were purposively selected based on gender, age, and wealth of knowledge about the topic in context. Similarly, the researcher also purposively selected one Kannywood film produced between 2021 and 2022 which themes revolve around issues of girl child sexual abuses. Among other things, the result revealed that Kannywood has portrayed images of girl child sexual abuse cases over the years. Hence, conclusion and recommendations were made based on the findings.
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