Galadiman kano biography of michael

by Huzaifa Dokaji Jr.

Galadima Tijjani Hashim was born in 1932, 40 days before his father was turbaned Dan Buran Kano.

He was the 2nd child of his father’s 32 children and was named Tijjani in honour of Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjani, founder and spiritual leader of the Tijjaniya Sufi fraternity. Alhaji Tijjani started his traditional education under the tutelage of a certain Malam Haruna, a malamin Hakimi.

Galadiman kano biography of michael

In 1944, young Tijjani was enrolled into Bebeji Primary School and Kano Middle School In 1948. Malam Tijjani’s education was unfortunately cut short in 1952 after a board of inquiry “found him guilty, along with four other students, of organizing student protest against the school administration.

Although the Northern Colonial government suggested that nobody should employ them, Emir Muhammad Sanusi I (1953-1963) had him employed as a Veterinary Assistant under the Kano N.A with a salary of 12 pounds a week.

In 1956, through the in