If you watched “The Herd,” you already know Habiba. And if you know Habiba, you know Amal Umar, because there was simply no separating the two. From the moment she appeared on screen, Amal had us locked in, unable to look away, unable to fully settle into any comfortable judgment about the woman she was playing. Habiba is a survivor who became a kidnapper, a character that lives in the uncomfortable space between victim and perpetrator, and Amal played her with a specificity and emotional honesty that made the whole film land the way it did. Audiences talked about her. Critics talked about her. And now we got to talk to her. Amal Umar is not a new face in Nigerian cinema. She has been carving out a space for herself across both Nollywood and Kannywood, positioning herself as a genuine br...