One Woman's Jihad

Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe

von Beverly B. Mack, Jean Boyd

222 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

" . . . 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 is now northwestern Nigeria.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• ISBN: 9780253213983
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2000
• Größe: 217 x 141 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press