"I demanded to be taken to school at age 6."

"I had opportunity of learning the Qu'ran and other Islamic knowledge when I was very young."

"I came out with flying colous, all arrangements were made for me to get married and as fate would have it, I again pr…"

"I was born in Kano and was three years old when my father died. Our great grandparents were from Sokoto and my father…"

"When my father was alive, he did not take his female children to western schools. But after he died and my younger br…"

"Then an opportunity came for me to study at the Bayero University, Kano. I remember Professor Kabir Galadachi at the …"

"After a stint as Graduate Assistant at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, we both applied to the University of Khartoum…"

"I actually wanted to do Islamic Studies, but it is always fate that determines what you do. I was doing both Islamic …"

"When I went to London, I was happy to see that even European professors in Hausa would give practical lessons in lang…"

"My first book was on Mu’azu, the poet in Jigawa. It was my PhD project and I selected him as a poet, because he impac…"