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One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe

Boyd, Jean,Mack, Beverly B.
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Published: 22/05/2000

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. . . a most welcome addition to the body of scholarship on the Sokoto Jihad and Caliphate. -Religious Studies Review

The fascinating life and times of Nana Asma'u (1793 - 1864), a West African woman who was a Muslim scholar and poet. As the daughter of the spiritual and political leader of the Sokoto community, Asma'u was a role model and teacher for other Muslim women as well as a scholar of Islam and a key advisor to her father as he waged a jihad to bring Islam to the population of what is now northwestern Nigeria.

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. . . a most welcome addition to the body of scholarship on the Sokoto Jihad and Caliphate. -Religious Studies Review

The fascinating life and times of Nana Asma'u (1793 - 1864), a West African woman who was a Muslim scholar and poet. As the daughter of the spiritual and political leader of the Sokoto community, Asma'u was a role model and teacher for other Muslim women as well as a scholar of Islam and a key advisor to her father as he waged a jihad to bring Islam to the population of what is now northwestern Nigeria.

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