Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 131
113 Because of his good reputation, he also became the cief of the town. However, he maintained the never-ending relationship of love and devotion with the jama’at and rendered every service to the jama’at with amazing humility and submissiveness. President of jama’at : He was also the president of Farafeni jama’at. He regarded service to the jama’at as an honour and fulfilled all his duties with sincerity, devotion, passion and gratitude. Two of his sons are in America; both of them are devoted Ahmadis, by the Grace of Allah. Mr. Ousman Darboe In 1988, Hadrat Khalifatul-Masih IV rh made an historical visit to the Gambia. About the same time, the centre sent three cars to the Gambia mission through the Japanese mission. Drivers were urgently needed for these cars. The driver of the Ahmadiyya Hospital, Saini, told that his nephew, Ousman Darboe had arrived from Guinea-Bissau about the same time; he knew driving but was an atheist. The Amir called him to find that, other than the Guinean language, he could only speak Mandinga. In view of Huzur’s visit, a driver was urgently needed, therefore, he was temporarily employed and sent to Hafeez Ahmad Shahid, the murabbi at Georgetown. He accompanied Hafeez Ahmad to many places to prearrange everything for Huzur’s visit. During that it was noticed that he was a noble and obedient person and a competent driver. Prompted by Hafeez Ahmad Shahid, he performed bai’at and became an integral part of jama’at workers. He later worked with Maulana Daud Hanif for a long period and