Author Aisha Jega
Baba wata tsohuwa ce wadda aka haife ta a 1877, a kauyen Karo da ke kusa a Azarewa a tsohuwar daular Usmaniyya wadda ta hada da Zaria da Kano. Mahaifinta manomi ne kuma yana karantar da Kur'ani.
Baba ta hadu da wata baturiya mai suna Mary Smith a 1949. Mary ta wallafa littafi a kan gwagwarmayar ruyuwar Baba 'yar Karo wanda ya zama abin nazari ga masu karantar tarihin Hausawa a zamanin mulkin mallaka.
A wancan zamanin, ana ta gwabza yaki a daular ta Usmaniyya hakan yasa cinikin bayi ya zama ruwan dare. A cikin litafinta, Mary ta bayyana yadda Sarki ke bayar da umurni makada su hau tsibiri su buga gangan domin sanar da mutane cewa masu kama bayi suna zuwa kuma sai ka ga mutane suna gudu suna shigowa kofar gari domin tsira.
An kama wasu daga cikin 'yan uwan Baba a wata sumame da aka kai sai dai daga baya an sako su bayan an biya kudi masu yawa na fansa.
"Sun kai farmaki gidan kanin mahaifina, Ubangida a tsakiyar dare. Sun sace matarsa mai juna biyu da yaransa guda uku da wasu bayinsa guda goma. Bayan kwanaki 30, mun samu labarin cewa masu satan bayin sun tafi sai mahaifinmu ya ce mu tafi gonar shinkafarsa d ake kusa da rafi," inji Baba.
Baba ta ce kullum suna cikin fargaba ne saboda kada masu sace mutane su kama su a kuma sayar da su a matsayin bayi.
Kazalika, Baba ta bayyana cewa a wannan zamanin ba'a tilastawa mata auren wadanda ba su so kuma idan mace ba ta son mijinta, tana iya neman saki ba tare da tsoron tsangwama ba. Ta ce tana da wata suruka wadda ta auri maza 11 a rayurta.
Baba bata taba haihuwa ba har ta rasu a 1951 duk da cewa da auri mazaje hudu a rayurta. Mazajen da ta aura sun hada da Duma, Mallam Maigari, Mallam Hassan da Mallam Ibrahim.
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