Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Gollan a Edinburgh, inda ya girma kuma ya ɗauki aikinsa na farko a matsayin mai koyon zane. Gabatarwarsa ta farko ga ayyukan siyasa ya kasance a lokacin yajin aikin gama gari na 1926
lokacin da ya taimaka wajen rarraba takardun kwamitin yajin aiki. A Ranar Ma'aikata ta Duniya, 1 ga Mayu, a shekara mai zuwa ya shiga kungiyar da kungiyar matasa ta kungiyar 'yan gurguzu (YCL). Ya zama mai sa hannu amma aikinsa ya yanke ne a watan Yulin 1931 lokacin da aka kama shi saboda rarraba takardun adawa da sojoji. Ya kasance yana shirya sojoji don neman ingantattun hakkoki da yanayi, aikin da aka yanke masa hukuncin watanni 6 a kurkukun Edinburgh. Bayan kamfen na jama'a da ke neman a sake shi an sake shi a watan Janairun 1932 kuma ya fara aiki da jam'iyyar.