Abubuwa 8 Da Ba Ku Sani Ba Game Da Mamman Shata
Mamman Shata, wanda aka haife shi a shekarar 1923 a karamar hukumar Musawa ta jihar Katsina, ya rasu ne a ranar 18 ga watan Yunin 1999.
Shata, shahararren mawakin Hausa, shi ne ya fi kowa yawan wakokin da aka nada. Sau da yawa ana raka shi da ganguna na magana, wanda ake kira kalangu. Yayi wa Hausawa na Najeriya da wasu sassan Afirka da ma wadanda ba Hausawa ba fiye da rabin karni.
Mahaifiyar Mamman Shata, Lariya, ‘yar kabilar Fulani ce da aka fi sani da Fulata-Borno, Fulani ne da suka yi hijira daga Daular Borno bayan Jihadin Fulani a 1804 suka zauna a sassan kasar Hausa. Ta hadu da mahaifin Shata, Ibrahim Yaro, lokacin da ta je ziyarar wani dan uwa. Bayan haka, sun yi aure da ‘ya’ya uku: Yaro, Mamman Shata da ‘yar uwarsa Yalwa.
Ga wasu daga cikin abubuwan da watakila ba ku sani ba game da Shata:
1- Shata ya samu laqabi da ‘Shata’ daga wani mutum mai suna Baba Salamu, danginsa.
Shata tun yana matashi yana sana’ar sayar da kola kuma bayan ya sayar sai ya raba ribar ga mutanen da ya hadu da su a hanyarsa ta komawa gida ko kasuwa sai ya dawo babu komai. Da aka tambaye shi me ya yi da kudin da ya yi, sai ya amsa da cewa, “Na yi shata da su,” wato ya ba da su. A sakamakon haka, Baba Salamu ya kasance yana kiransa da ‘Mai-Shata’, ma’ana wanda ya yi watsi da abin da ya ci.
2- Shata ya taba zuwa aikin Hajji sau daya a rayuwarsa
Duk da cewa Shata ya ziyarci kasashe da dama na duniya kamar Ingila, Faransa da Amurka, a rayuwarsa ya taba zuwa aikin Hajji sau daya. An ruwaito cewa wani Haru Dan-Kasim, wani fitaccen dan kasuwa mazaunin Kano ne ya dauki nauyin Malam Shata ya yi aikin Hajjinsa a shekarar 1954 (?).
3- Shata ya kasance dan siyasa, ya rike mukaman siyasa daban-daban
Shata ya taka rawa sosai a siyasar bangaranci a tsawon rayuwarsa. Siyasarsa ta kasance ta hagu duk da cewa masu kyautata masa (na sarauta da na kasuwanci) galibi suna hannun dama.
A shekarun 1970 ya ci zabe, ya zama kansila a karkashin karamar hukumar Kankia ta jihar Kaduna ta lokacin. A jamhuriya ta biyu (a shekarun 80s) ya kasance na farko a jam’iyyar GNPP ta tsakiya sannan ya koma jam’iyyar masu ra’ayin rikau, NPN.
A jamhuriya ta Uku an zabe shi a matsayin shugaban jam’iyyar SDP a karamar hukumar Funtua, inda aka tsige shi daga mukaminsa saboda halayyansa na hagu da kuma gogayya da babban jigon jam’iyyar a jihar Katsina, Manjo-Janar Shehu Musa Yar mai ritaya. ‘Adua
4- Bajintar wakar Shata ta fara bayyana tun yana karami
Shata ya fara waka tare da wasu matasa don nishadi a dandalin kauye (“dandali”) bayan cin abincin yamma. Bajintarsa ta karu har sai da ya zarce sauran samarin. Amma yana yin hakan ba don wata riba ba. Sana’a ce kawai ga matasa.
5- Mahaifin Shata ba ya son dansa ya zama mawaki.
Ibrahim Yaro ya ki amincewa da ra’ayin dansa ya zama mawaki saboda akidar da jama’a suka yi na cewa waka ko wakar yabo wani nau’i ne na ‘roko’ ko bara. Mahaifinsa da yake Bafulatani ne, ya sa ran matashin Shata zai zama manomi ko dan kasuwa, wanda ko wannensu sana’a ce mai daraja. Don haka ana ganin dagewar Shata na zama mawaki a matsayin tawaye ga al’ada.
6- Shata ya kwashe shekaru 30 a cikin tauraruwa, ya zama daya daga cikin fitattun mawakan Hausa da suka fi kowa shahara a duniya.
A shekarar 1952 tauraruwarsa ta fara bayyana a Kano bayan ya yi wani bikin aure da aka fi sani da “Bikin ’Yan Sarki” inda wasu fitattun sarakunan Kano 12 suka yi aure. Ya kasance mashahurin ɗan adam da ake girmamawa sosai. Ya shafe kimanin shekaru 50 zuwa 60 a harkar waka. Shata bai iya tunawa ko tuna adadin wakokin da ya yi ba. Yawancin wakokinsa, musamman wadanda ya yi a lokacin samartaka, ba a rubuta su ba.
7- Shata ya kasance mai tarbiyya
Shata ya shahara wajen rera wakoki ga kowane maudu’i a karkashin kasar Hausa: noma, al’adu, addini, tattalin arziki, siyasa, soja, da’a da da’a, dabbobi, kasuwanci da dai sauransu.
8- Shata ya samu kyaututtuka da dama na kasa da kasa, ciki har da digirin digirgir.
Shata ya samu kyaututtuka da dama da suka hada da na Gwamnatin Tarayya (wanda ya ba shi Memba na Order of the Niger, MON), Kungiyar Mawakan Najeriya (PMAN), Gwamnatin Jihar Kano, Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka a Najeriya, Jami’ar California, Los Angeles, da kuma digirin girmamawa na digirin digirgir da Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello ta yi don karrama gudunmawar da ya bayar wajen ci gaban kasa da wasiku.