"When my father was alive, he did not take his female children to western schools. But after he died and my younger brother was to be taken to school because he is a male child, I started crying. I said to my elder brother that I wanted to go to school; and I asked why he was taking my younger brother and that I had more reason to be in school than my younger brother because I am older than him. So, he saw how I was really frustrated, crying at that age. I was six years old then. So, he said ‘ okay, I’ll take you to school’. I was taken to a very renowned primary school in Kano, Dandago Primary School, and then I went to the Government Girls Secondary School, Dala, Kano. I came out with flying colours, all arrangements were made for me to get married and as fate would have it, I again protested, as I wanted to continue my education. I was surprised at how my mother who was then a widow supported me."
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Sa'adiya Omar Bello
2000 – 2005
Sa'adiya Omar Bello (OON) is a Nigeria academic and professor of Hausa Literature at Usmanu Danfodiyo University. She holds a Ph.D from the same university. Between 2000 and 2005, she was the Director at Cibiyar Nazarin Hausa (2000-2005) & (2013-2017). She is a member of the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria board of trustees as of 2018. In 2022, she was awarded a National honor in the Order of the Niger category.
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