Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 194
176 Hassan Jallow I was stationed in Farafenni which is situated at the Senegambia border. A few kilometres from there in Senegal is a village called Medina Sabakh. An Ahmadi friend Ustaz Alieu Faye Alieu Faye lived there. There was a government primary school in that village. The teachers of the school lived in a rented accommodation. I frequently visited those teachers accompanied by Ustaz Alieu Faye and often talked about the jama’at. Consequently, a teacher Mr Muhammad Kanute performed bai’at. (These days he is headmaster of a primary school in his area bordering Mali). After that another teacher Mr Ansu Jallow also performed bai’at. Thus the bond with those teachers strengthened further. One day Ustaz Alieu Faye and I, along with Ansu Jallow went to his village Sare Mari. We held a Tabligh meeting there which resulted in some conversions. Among the new converts was a simple young man Mr Hassan Jallow. He was extremely noble hearted and disposed to obedience. After the bai’at he used to come to my house in the Gambia quite often. Later, I kept him there to work as muallim with me. He was very sympathetic and gentle by nature and had a very sweet tongue, something that was very effective in preaching. By the Grace of Allah, through him jama’at was planted in many places. He worked with me for nearly ten years. Then he suddenly fell ill. He had a lot of treatment in Senegal but with no improvement. Then I sent him to Dr Laeeq Ahmad Ansari at the Ahmadiyya Hospital the Gambia for treatment. He treated him very sympathetically but the