Aindo Tantagariyar Yar Aiki Part 1 Complete Hausa Novel

The Village Between Two Borders
Tinkim is a village located on the outskirts of Zinder State in Niger—a settlement that can almost be described as lying midway between Nigeria and Niger. It is a pleasant place to live, and the people are known for their generosity and hospitality toward visitors. Everyone in the village knows Ado, the fish seller. He had been selling fish since childhood, and even as he grew into a young man, he remained devoted to the trade.
As a young man, he met Kuluwa, a girl famous for her fiery temper. Everyone knew about her troublesome nature, and whenever a man showed interest in marrying her, people would quickly warn him: “She has no manners. She doesn’t respect people. She’s full of trouble.” Many suitors backed out after hearing this.
In the village, girls were married off early—once they reached thirteen or fourteen, marriage would already be arranged. But Kuluwa reached eighteen before Ado the fish seller finally stepped forward, declaring that he loved her and could handle her temperament. Even then, it took much persuasion before her family agreed to the marriage.
Marriage and Family Life
After the wedding, Kuluwa treated Ado with respect and fulfilled her duties as a wife. However, she had very little patience. If he ever did something she disliked, she would immediately unleash a storm of anger on him.
So they lived—some days peaceful, other days tense. Ado had enough to provide for the household. Food was never lacking, and they managed clothing and basic needs without much difficulty. After a year of marriage, Allah blessed them with twin daughters. Both were girls, strikingly beautiful and almost impossible to tell apart.
On the day of their naming ceremony, they were to be called Hassana and Husseina. But Kuluwa caused a commotion, insisting that one of the twins must bear the name of her late mother—may Allah have mercy on her—who had also been known for her fierce temperament. Kuluwa had clearly inherited her nature.
Ado pleaded with her:
“Please, let’s name them Hassana and Husseina, but we can call Hassana by your mother’s name, A’indo.”
She finally agreed, and so Hassana was also called A’indo.
As the girls grew, their personalities began to differ. Their behavior was the only way to tell them apart, because physically they looked identical. Even their father sometimes had to call their names before recognizing who was who, while only their mother could distinguish them easily. Sometimes, when they were feeling mischievous, they would deliberately confuse everyone, making it impossible for anyone to tell them apart.
The Twins’ Temperaments and Dreams
Husseina was outspoken and bold. She would insult anyone who offended her and never tolerated jokes or arguments that didn’t involve her. If she saw a quarrel and wasn’t included, she would jump in just to make sure she had a part in it. She was stubborn and confrontational.
Hassana A’indo, on the other hand, had almost every trait her sister had—she too had a temper—but she also had a sly cunning. She was mischievous, boastful, and always claimed she could do anything better than others. She liked to show off and pick fights, yet deep down she was quite cowardly.
From childhood, each of them had dreams. A’indo had only one ambition: to go to the city and work as a housemaid. She saw girls from the village who went to work in the city and returned in fancy cars, and she concluded that being a maid was a prestigious position—almost the highest status a girl could achieve, something rare even in the city.
The twins troubled the villagers constantly. People secretly wished they would marry far away because, despite their beauty, no suitor dared approach them due to their temper and the reputation of their mother. Now they were nearly seventeen, yet still unmarried. Their father had grown tired and left their fate in God’s hands. Meanwhile, A’indo was known everywhere in the village. If someone called out, “Who are you?” she would proudly reply,
“I’m A’indo—the real city housemaid!”
Amid all this, their father’s younger sister arrived from the city of Zinder. She lived there and worked by taking village children to the city for domestic work, sending money to their parents each month while earning something for herself as well. When she arrived, she met the twins and decided to take them with her to the city to work.