Zaharaddeen sani biography channel

In this interview, Emeritus Professor Sani Zaharadeen, who was a vice chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) before becoming the Grand Imam of the Kano Emirate, speaks on his early education, career etc.

You had a classical Islamic education from the very beginning, can you tell us a little about it?

What happened was that after primary and secondary education, I went to the School for Arabic Studies in Kano.

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Did you go through the traditional Qur’anic school before acquiring western education?

Of course, I went through that.

Every Muslim child has to start with Quran education. I started mine in a village called Kiru; that was around 1948 or 1949.

In this interview, Emeritus Professor Sani Zaharadeen, who was a vice chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) before becoming the Grand Imam of the Kano.

After that I went to primary school, which was called elementary school at that time, in Kura/Bebeji, later on in Kano metropolis. From there, I went to Rumfa College, which is Kano Municipal School, from 1953 to 1960. I finished secondary education with a first class certificate and joined the famous School for