My father, though a well-known religious figure, was a bit of an ascetic. 0.135094 154.txt 2130-2130.txt Ina iya tunawa wasu ranakun ma ko abin da za mu ci da dare ma ba mu da shi a gidan. Da kyar mahaifiyarmu take dan shirya mana abin da za mu sa a baki, shi din ma biredi ne da zabibi kawai. Sometimes for supper we had nothing but bread with some raisins, which our mother had somehow improvised.... our house, some sixty-five square meters, consisted of a single room and a gloomy basement. 0.123310 154.txt 2130-2130.txt Har lokacin da wasu masoyan mahaifinmu suka saya masa dan wani waje a kusa da gidanmu a nan ne fa aka samu damar gina wasu dakuna biyu muka zamanto muna da dakuna uku kenan”. Years later some charitable persons bought the small, empty lot adjacent to our house, so we were able to build two more rooms.
“Babana dai fitaccen malamin addini ne amma mai tsananin tsantsaini da rayuwa ta kadaici…mun yi fama da rayuwa ta rashi.