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One woman's Jihad : Nana Asma'u, scholar and scribe by Beverly B. Mack, Jean Boyd is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is One woman's Jihad : Nana Asma'u, scholar and scribe about?
<p>" . . . a most welcome addition to the body of scholarship on the Sokoto Jihad and Caliphate." —Religious Studies Review<br><br>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
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Beverly B. Mack, Jean Boyd
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780253213983
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Science, Women Authors
- Rating
- 3.27 / 5 (44 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14