Thoughts of Hajia Fati's son Alfa Shaban

Sunday, 31 August 2025

Akwaabakɛ wars: KIA, MTN, keypad onufui kɛ sisajii (snakes and ghosts)

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For the records (as if anyone cares) this whole episode is needless, rudderless (to an extent) and clueless (for all it is worth). Kɛ jɛ Nkr...
Thursday, 3 July 2025

New Islamic Year 1447H - A continued advocacy to imbibe, imbue the Hijri calendar

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  Introduction On July 13, 2012; I shared a poem about time, maybe my best ever piece, on Facebook. A dozen years on, I went searching and ...
Sunday, 13 April 2025

My Ramadan 2025 scorecard: Hisnul Muslim rediscovered, Muheeb’s death, Quran recoup

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Ramadan (the month, the concept, the processes) is unique in several respects. For me, it is the fact that you are able to plan for it, plan...
Saturday, 1 March 2025

Hamdaniyya’s Mallam Sulley Garba: From Hill Street to Awudome cemetery, 16 years on

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إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ Even though death is supposed to serve as a reminder t...
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Thursday, 20 February 2025

Cardboards in mosque-less malls and Moh’s Qibla, boba tea and Jenifa!

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The idea of tea has always been hot water, a tea bag, sugar and milk. On this fateful day, here I was with a cold liquid mixture with chewy ...
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