“Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth has been made clear from error. Whoever rejects false worship and believes in God has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that never breaks. And God hears and knows all things.” (Quran 2:256)
He was a star during the First Republic. He had all it took for men to become men during that period. A lawyer, he was; a successful politician, he was. Sweet in speech, shrewd in business, combative in spirit, and charismatic in conduct, one thing he wished never happened to him was to have Muslims in his family. He detested Islam to death; he anathemized Muslims to hell. Even then, he courted Muslims. He used them. He patronized them. He sponsored some of them on Hajj.
Now since al-Hajja did not go to school or rather could not go to school, that meant she was destined never to emerge as a member of the crème-de-la-crème of the Yoruba society of the mid-20th century; the emergent political class of the Western region. The latter knew the language of the colonist. In fact, they spoke English better than the Queen. They became the prince and the princess, the king and queen in waiting.
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