Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 11
11 for more books and information. Maulana Naseem Ahmad Saifee was the missionary-in-charge in Nigeria then. First of all, Mukarram Hamza Sanyalu – a Muallim (teacher) from Nigeria arrived in the Gambia and he preached in Banjul for about one year. After him, a Muallim , Mukarram Jibreel Saeed, father of (late) Hafiz Ahmed Jibreel Saeed, Naib Ameer of Ghana Jama’at came for a few months. The Jama’at had not been established formally in the Gambia by then. Jibreel Saeed Sahib used to walk about with a bag, hanging by his neck and Ahmadiyyat inscribed on it. Thus in different ways, he attracted the attention of the people towards himself and delivered the message of Ahmadiyyat. Consequently many people in and around Banjul became acquainted with the jama’at, some of them very closely. Many educated youth established close contact with the jama’at centre at Qadian by post and started receiving periodicals regularly. First Muballigh from Markaz (the centre) Choudhry Muhammad Sharif Sahib came from Pakistan in 1961 as Muballigh and Missionary-in-charge of the Gambia. He went back to Pakistan after three years and Mukarram Ghulam Ahmad Sahib Baddomalhi arrived as Ameer of the Gambia. First Jama’at Centre Maulana Muhammad Sharif stayed at Mr. Bara Njie’s house in Rankin Street in Banjul. As such we can call it the first Ahmadiyya Mission House in the Gambia.