Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 39
31 Two Ahmadis had small houses in the slums of Sare jougari - (temporary dwellings consisting of a makeshift mud and timber hut containing one to two rooms built on land not properly allotted). Of the two, one was family of Umar Awo and the other of Musa Jallow. In the courtyard of Musa Jallow’s house there was a small mosque made of iron sheets. Probably none of the other Ahmadis had a house of his own; they all lived in rented accommodations in different wards. First Mission House in Senegal None of the Ahmadi brothers in Kaolack had room to accommodate a guest. Therefore, I started looking for a suitable room straight away. I went around different wards in search of a room all day but in vain. Due to extreme heat, long journey and fatigue I developed fever. Sitting in an Ahmadi’s shop, I was thinking where would I spend the night. A young Ahmadi went to a nearby restaurant to have meals. He enquired from the lady proprietor about a room. She told him that she had heard of one room being vacated in her house that day. The young man told me and we both went there, paid advance to the landlord and got the key. Thus, all of a sudden, I got a room – the labourer there was moving to another place that very day. There was no bed in that room. The room was built of mud, the floor was damaged and there was one old foam mattress. I was feeling weak because of fatigue and fever, therefore, I opened the room straight away and lied down on the mattress. I spent the whole night without any food. Allah showed mercy and by the morning I felt better, went to the nearby restaurant and had my breakfast. There were ten rooms in that house, each occupied by a different