One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe
"... 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...
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"... a most welcome addition to the body of scholarship on the Sokoto Jihad and Caliphate." — Religious Studies ReviewThe 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.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote on Foreign Terms1Nana Asma'u and the Scholarly Islamic Tradition12Qadiriyya Sufism: The Qur'an and the Sunna153The Caliphate Community304The Poetic Tradition465Sokoto as Medina: Imitating the Life of the Prophet and Re-enacting History636Caliphate Women's Participation in the Community76AppendixPoems by Nana Asma'uElegy for Bello94Bello's Character97The Qur'an100Medicine of the Prophet102Be Sure of God's Truth120Sufi Women127So Verily...132In Praise of Ahmada133Yearning for the Prophet137The Journey157A Warning, II166Lamentation for Aisha, I168Lamentation for Aisha, II170Glossary of Terms173Notes179Works Cited187Index191
