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Dadasare Abdullahi
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Jinsudebbum Taƴto
Ɓii-leydiyankaakuNaajeeriya Taƴto
InndeQ108587854 Taƴto
Innde ɓesnguAbdullahi Taƴto
Ɗuubi daygo1918 Taƴto
ƊofordeAdamawa Taƴto
Date of death1984 Taƴto
WoldeInngilisjo, Nigerian Pidgin, Hawsare, Fulfulde Taƴto
Sana'ajiessayist, journalist, writer, nurse Taƴto
Janngi toHorton General Hospital Taƴto

Maimuna Dada-Sare Abdullahi MON (1918–1984) ko winndiyanke, infirmiyee, jannginoowo, jaayndiyanke iwdi fulɓe, Naajeeriyanaajo. Jokkondiral makko e Rupert East, binndoowo e jannginoowo Biritaan, luulndiima miijooji pinal e renndo Koloniiji Fuɗnaange Naajeeriya

Dadasare (wol Fulfulde ngam debbo malla inna wuro) jibinaa nder saare marɗo daraja nder Gola nder diiwaan Bajama Adamawa. Nde o ɗon wondi ɓikkoy, saare maako ɗon ɓadii ɗon njahi Jambutu haa Adamawa. Nder deftere maako It Can Now Be Told, o winndi wonde ɓiyum ɗon haani e ɓiyum ɓiyum.

Ɓaɓɓugol

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Nder yahugo nder 1929 to Gola bee bandiraawo, o jeyi dow umroore mawɗo diiwaan koloniyaal Britani mo yiɗi debbo Fulani. Maako maako mawɗo, mo o yahdi Gola bee maako, o jeyaa nder nder nder nder jonde e nder nder nder haɓɓugo maako. O ɗon duuɓi 11 tan saa'i maajum. Gardiiɗo on waɗi haɓɓugo ɓikkoy Fulani tati ɓe ɓe njogii ɓe, ɓe o suɓii Dadasare.

Yiɗde wurta

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Ɓesngu maako warti haa Jambutu ɗon mari balmi, ɓe ɗon hulna Gola ngam hisnugo mo ammaa woɓɓe nder lenyol maako ɗon ƴama ɓesngu maako ngam ɓe naftora fitinaaji ammaa ɓe ɗon wolwa bee ofisru man arande. Laamu koloñaal to gardiiɗo diiwaan oo to Yola, udditi wiɗto e wiɗto. Caggal nde wiɗto maɓɓe joofi, ɓe naamndii Dadasare so tawii o yiɗii hootde galle makko walla o jooɗoo e nannguɗo mo oo. O naamnaama laabi keewɗi, kala nde o holliti yiɗde makko hootde to yumma makko. Yidde makko laaɓtunde fof, laamuuji koloñaal Angalteer yamiri mo yo o heddo e nannguɗo mo oo.[1] E nder cakkital ñalawma, ko juuti caggal nde o waɗi ndee feere, o etii dogde tawi gardeeji ɗii ina ɗaanii. O woni jamma e nder ladde e nder yahdu makko galle makko to Jambutu. Polis koloñaal oo, haa jooni ina yiytoo mo, ina nawta mo to galle ofisee oo. Sabu etaade dogde, kaaw makko, gardinooɗo diiwaan Gola, ittaa e jappeere mum, banndiraaɓe makko woɗɓe, haa teeŋti e rewɓe ɓee, ndogi Gola ngam hulde koye mum en.[2]

Tawi to Benue nden ɓaawo ɗon to Adamawa

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Nannguɗo mo oo, nawtaa to Ibbi to diiwaan Benue ko juuti, o yahdi e makko. To Ibbi, o wonii ‘hostess’ ofisee oo e hoɓɓe makko heewɓe Oropnaaɓe. E oon sahaa o jaɓii baasal makko, o etii waɗde ko ɓuri moƴƴude e ngonka makko. Duuɓi tati, o huutoriima mo no maccuɗo jibinannde nii, ɗum addani mo jibinde ɓiɗɗo e juuɗe ofisee oo. Kuugal ofisru man haa lesdi Naajeeriya timmini ɓaawo man, o warti haa lesdi Angalteer o acci mo bee ɓinngel maako. O wi'i Dadasare o wartan, o hoota haa yumma maako haa Adamawa. E laawol makko hootde Adamawa to maayo Benue, ɓiyiiko maayi e ñawu malaariya. Nder deftere maako, o ɗon wi'a:

Mi waɗi jemma nder nokkuure ceewɗi biyeteeɗo Bajabure. Ɗuɓɓuɗe ɗon ɓilla dow fuu. Ɓiɗɗo am ɗon ɓanngina masin nder jemma fuu. O heɓii malaariya bee saffugo, nden ngam o ɓeydi ɓeydi e mi waawataa yahugo doktoor, o maayi nder juuɗe am nder Song nder laawol haa Gola. Mi ɗon moftina haala ngol. Baabiraawo tan waawi anndugo no mi nani.

Jokkondiral e Rupert Fuɗnaange

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Caggal nde o arti galle makko seeɗa, o resi gorko gooto e nder renndo ngo, ko banndiraaɓe makko resndi ɗum.[3] Ndeeɗoo yiɗde hebbinii Dadasare « e ŋoŋɗi » no o holliri e deftere makko nii. O winndi kadi wonde o nattii wonde "cukalel ngel 6e 6eydi 6ooyde" e wonde "ko huunde wayliima no feewi, 6ernde am yaajii".[4] Dadasare yaawi waasde nguurndam mum e nannguɗo ɗum nde tawnoo omo joginoo martabaaji e njulaagu koloñaal keeriiɗo. E hitaande 1933, Doktoor Rupert East noddi Dadasare ngam hoɗdude e makko to Zaria, 500 kiloomeeteer to Gola. O hawri e Rupert East e nder fedde renndoyankoore nde o nanngi. O yiɗi mo ndeen, o janngini mo Fulfulde (ɗemngal makko neeniwal). Ɗoon e ɗoon o jaɓi noddaango makko, o woni e waɗde feere ngam hawrude e makko to Zaria. Rupert East woniino gardiiɗo fedde binndol diiwaan worgo (Gaskiya Corporation) fuɗɗorde. O yahrata ko e duuɓi 35, kanko ne o yahrata ko e duuɓi 15 e sahaa noddaango makko.[5] Dadasare, e nder ciimtol mum, hollitii pellital mum yahdude e Dr East, mo o inniri Jaumusare (Joom suudu):

Oo sahaa mi alaa e sago mi nanngee. Mi fellitiino e yiɗde am yahde to gorko mo nganndu mi ina waawi yiɗde, mo nganndu mi ina jogii miijo tigi rigi e am. Mi sikkaani, jooni walla caggal, expatiate e jokkondiral keeringal mawni hakkunde am e Jaumu-sare. Yiɗɓe no feewi njiɗaa haalde, ɓe njiɗaa, mbaawaano faamde.

Duuɗal maɓɓe waɗi haalaaji dow ko'e maɓɓe, ɗum waɗi ko'e feere e haala. O laati jaɓoowo wuro, to o welliti yimɓe maako, hawtiɓe e mawɓe, e mawɓe laamu. O tawi mo mo jannginoowo mo jannginan mo janngugo e winndaade e Farayse e Hausa huutoreeɗum ɗerewol Latin. O ɓeydi ɓeydi yiɗi jaŋde defte ɓurna e hausa. O janngi Bibel Hausa tati koo nde o Muslim. O yiɗi janngugo defte ɗe ɗe Engelees e o yiɗi Jane Austen. East yahrata Dadasare bana debbo maako, o heɓi ko'e maral, daraja e laamu ɗe o mari ngam o mari debbo mawɗo koloniya.[2] Gooto gooduɗo ɓernde Rupert East, Mr. H.P. Elliot wi'i ɗum nder nder nder nder ko o wi'i:

East ɗon hawta dow ngam o haani jaɓa nder hawrugo maɓɓe nder Europe'en bana goɗɗo marɗo/kowo. O huuwani mo bana debbo, o ɗon darani ɓe wuro maɓɓe.

Nder 1951, Rupert East wartii to UK bee debbo maako keso, Jacqueline de Neyer, ɓaawo ɗon o woodi ɓiɓɓe ɗiɗo, ammaa o ɗonno hawtina habaru bee Dadasare. O yahi to wuro maɓɓe nder Wiltshire wakkati feere nder nder nder leydi Angalteer. H.P. Elliott, boo nder nder nder nder defte maako, o wi'i:

Miɗo heɓtoo koyɗe am e ndee ɗoo golle tiiɗɗe, nde mesaas yetti mi ñalnde heen e yaawre ngam noddude mi yi’de Dada Sare. Mi tawii mo omo woya. ‘Miɗo sikki huunde hulɓiniinde waɗii jom suudu am’, o wiyi. Mi waɗii ko mbaawmi fof ngam deeƴnude e weltinde mo, kono miɗo goongɗina. Rupert ina yahra galle mum rewrude e Sudaan e Ejipt e sehil mum DO [Ofisee Diisneteeɗo]. En nganndii balɗe seeɗa caggal ɗuum wonde DO waraama, Rupert gaañiiɗo no feewi e nder jolngo laana njoorndi hakkunde Kayhayɗi e Tel Aviv. Dada Sare ina haali goonga. Ko senngo ‘psychic’—ko tan e sifaa mum mo kawru-mi e leydi Najeriya. Ko debbo teskinɗo, caggal ɗuum wonti Ofisee Jaŋde, maayi, teddinaaɗo no feewi, ko ɓooyaani koo e nder diiwaan Adamawa, ɗo o jibinaa ɗoo.

Caggal nde o maayi e hitaande 1975, o wasiyi mo "keewal jawdi".

Nder wakkati Dadasare bee Rupert East nder Zaria nder ɓaawo duuɓi 1930, o huuwi bana marɗo habaru nder Gaskiya Corporation, marɗo Gaskiya Tafi Kwabo. Kaŋko o huuwi ton, Dadasare o jaŋgi nder wardi wiiki. O ɗon windi defte to hawrugo nder kuuje feere feere, nder suɓaaje. O ɗon ɗon ɗon ɗon haani dow walaa cukalel nder gariiri Zaria e Tudun Wada je ɗon haani yimɓe. Ngam maajum, laamu koloniya'en ɗon ɗon ɓeyda masin, ɓe ɗon ɗaɓɓa torra mawɗo, ammaa ɓe mbaawataa heɓugo. Ammaa, ɗum waɗi ɓe mari suudu do'aare nder Zaria e Tudun Wada. O waɗi golle e Gaskiya Corporation.

O huwti e mawɓe winndiyaaɓe hausa e hawritooɓe hono Abubakar Imam, mo woni editor, e Nuhu Bamalli. O winndi dow kuuje nder nder kubaruuji, o ɗon hakkiilo dow kuuje rewɓe. Nder hitaande 1946, Gaskiya Corporation waɗi Jakadiyya, wardi ngam rewɓe. Ɗum laati footi ɗuuɗugo ngam Dadasare. O waɗi jaŋde rewɓe nde o winndi kuutorɗe dow rewɓe mawɓe bana Elizabeth Fry e Florence Nightingale. O winndi e defte dow laaɓal e jaɓɓorgo ɓikkoy. O boo o laatiɗo marɗo debbo hawti e rewɓe jaajotooɓe ngam ɗum ɗon footi heɓugo marɗo debbo malla marɗo bolle nder nokkuure nde worɓe ɓuri heewde.

Nder konu duuniyaaru ɗiɗaɓu, o laati mo'o mo'o walliɗo nder suudu ndun haa Wusasa. Ngam haala maako bee barko'en, o jeyaa to diina kiristaana, o baptismi ɓaawo maajum. Ammaa, du'aare fuɗɗiiɗo haalooɓe e Fulɓe ngam waɗugo Almasiihu'en maccuɓe waɗi o hoɗoto diina Islaam duuɓi seɗɗa ɓaawo ɗum.

E lewru desaambar 1949, o ummii Angalteer ngam janngude ngam wonde infirmiyee fotde duuɓi jeegom. O janngi to opitaal mawɗo Horton to Banbury, caggal ɗuum o artiraa to opitaal jibinannde Plainstow to Londres haa hitaande 1955.[6] Ko e oon sahaa Rupert East resi debbo mum gooto, naalanke belsiknaajo biyeteeɗo Jacqueline de Neyer, mo o hawri e Gaskiya Korporaasiyoŋ. Ko adii nde o wartata leydi Naajeeriya, Rupert East yaltii leydi ndii, o hooti Angalteer, o dooli Dadasare yahrude yeeso e nguurndam makko. Caggal ɗuum o wonti infirmiyee winnditiiɗo to opitaal laamu to Zaria, o heɓi toɓɓere matron.

Dadasare ɓaawo man laati jannginoowo mawɓe e jannginoowo haa woyla lesdi Naajeeriya jeytaare kesum. O golliima e sarwiis diiwaan oo, hono balloowo hooreejo jaŋde mawɓe, caggal ɗuum o wonii sarwiis dowla to bannge worgo-cakaari haa e darorɗe kitaale 70 nde o woppi golle. Nde o woppi golle, o fuɗɗii golle makko ko e jokkondiral e wiɗtooji keewɗi hakkunde leyɗeele to Fuɗnaange leydi Najeriya.

O heɓii darnde Orde Niger National hono nder hitaande 1970, gooto e rewɓe arandeeji.

E hitaande 1984, Dadasare diwi e nder ɓuuɓri ngam yiɗde warde hoore mum. O hisnaama, o nawaa to safrirde too. O wuuri kono yontereeji ɗiɗi caggal ɗuum o maayi sabu bonnugol ngol o waɗi e ɓanndu makko e hakkille makko. Ko adii nde o yiɗi warde hoore makko, o wiyi ɓiyiiko debbo mo o resndi, hono Aishatu Dikko, omo yiɗi yiyde ɗum. Dadasare humpitii mo wonde so tawii o arii haa jooni, o hawraani e makko, o ƴeewto les pillow makko ngam heɓde mesaas. Aishatu naamndii firo ngo Dadasare salii rokkude. Ñalnde heen, o wiyi balloowo galle makko, ko kanko adii yiyde mo e nder ɓunndu nduu, "gila janngo a yiyataa kam". Aishatu arii ko juuti sabu juulde makko ina jokki nde o yottii.

Gaɗa mayde mum, o winndi autobiography maako It Can Now Be Told, ɗum wurtini nder hitaande 2019.

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