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

Barbara M. Cooper, Beverly B. Mack, Jean Boyd

The International Journal of African Historical Studies · 2000 · 85 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Nana Asma'u and the scholarly Islamic tradition Qadiriyya Sufism - the Qur'an and the Sunna the Caliphate community the poetric tradition Sokoto as Medina - imitating the life of the prophet and re-enacting history Caliphate women's participation in the community appendix - poems by Nana Asma'u.