One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe by Jean Boyd, Beverly B. Mack

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

Jean Boyd, Beverly B. Mack

224 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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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 da...

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