One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe by Beverly B. Mack (English)

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A historical, spiritual, and literary portrait of a remarkable nineteenth-century African Muslim woman. This book provides a glimpse into the West African Muslim community at a pivotal point in its history.

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This book is a lively 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 convert the population of what is now present day northwestern Nigeria to Islam. Asma'u's literary legacy, consisting of 65 poems in Arabic, Fulfulde and Hausa, constitutes one of the largest existing collections of 19th-century material from the region. Her poetry has been transmitted - even forged - over the years and is familiar to Hausa Muslims today, attesting to the power and continued relevance of her convictions and achievements. "One Woman's Jihad" provides a fascinating glimpse into the West African Muslim community at a pivotal point in its history. A generous selection of Asma'u's poetry, translated by Beverly B. Mack and Jean Boyd, highlights her prominent role and amplifies her unique voice.Readers interested in history, literature, religion and women roles in times of social and political conflict should find this biography appealing and original.

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An historical, spiritual, and literary portrait of a remarkable nineteenth-century African Muslim woman.

Author Biography

Beverly B. Mack is Assistant Professor of African and African-American Studies at the University of Kansas. She is co-editor (with Jean Boyd) of The Collected Works of Nana Asma'u, 1793-1864.Jean Boyd is former Principal Research Fellow of the Sokoto History Bureau and Research Associate of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. She is the author of The Caliph's Sister and Sultan Siddiq Abubakar III.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Table of Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Nana Asma'u and the Scholarly Islamic Tradition2. Qadiriyya Sufism: The Qur'an and the Sunna3. The Caliphate Community4. The Poetic Tradition5. Sokoto as Medina: Imitating the Life of the Prophet and Re-enacting History6. Caliphate Women's Participation in the CommunityAppendix: Poems by Nana Asma'uGlossaryNotesWorks CitedIndex

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"... this woman's intellectual contribution to a revolution, and her position at the heart of the military and organisational effort, deserves to be better known." -- Graham Furniss

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A historical, spiritual, and literary portrait of a remarkable 19th-century African Muslim woman.

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". . . this woman's intellectual contribution to a revolution, and her position at the heart of the military and organisational effort, deserves to be better known." -- Graham Furniss

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A historical, spiritual, and literary portrait of a remarkable 19th-century African Muslim woman.

Details ISBN0253213983 Author Jean Boyd Short Title 1 WOMANS JIHAD Publisher Indiana University Press Language English ISBN-10 0253213983 ISBN-13 9780253213983 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY B Year 2000 Imprint Indiana University Press Subtitle Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe Place of Publication Bloomington, IN Country of Publication United States Birth 1952 Affiliation University of Kansas Edition New edition Pages 224 DOI 10.1604/9780253213983 UK Release Date 2000-05-22 AU Release Date 2000-05-22 NZ Release Date 2000-05-22 US Release Date 2000-05-22 Edited by Ahmed a. Ewees Death 1936 Position Professor Qualifications M.N., R.N., Aocn Publication Date 2000-05-22 Alternative 9780253337078 Illustrations 3 b&w photos, 2 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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