By Jamilu Uba Adamu
When Aminu Kano died on 17 April 1983 I am barely one year old so just like many of my contemporaries that we are in the same age group don’t know him but we grow-up hearing so much about his name,his legacy and many of his accomplishment, and teachings.
So some couple of years ago,I laid my hands on book written about his biography. The book was titled “Mallam Aminu Kano A Political Phenomenon: A Biography of Mallam and Ideas,Thoughts and Teachings, the book was authored by Emeka Ejiofor.
The author described Mallam Aminu as a ” People’s Hero, a legend who came before his time , a social anthropologist,and a political philosopher, and one of the architect of modern Nigeria,whose vision was sacred “
A proponent of education, he sent many people to school,his relations and non-relatives alike.many well-known western educated people in Kano State owe their education to Mallam Aminu Kano.
Mallam Aminu Kano was among the few philosophers who combined the task of teaching with that of action. He believed fervently that the process of emancipation must start with the individual who possess the necessary self-confidence and self-assurance,who must liberate his mind from fear, ignorance and all forms of complexes , must become an active agitator and participant in the task of educating others.
Dr. Muhammad Uba Adamu In his book Confluence’s and Influence’s: The emergence of Kano as a city state wrote ” Mallam Aminu Kano opened