Collected works of Nana Asma'u, daughter of Usman 'dan Fodiyo, (1793-1864)
Nana Asma'u; Boyd, Jean (ed); Mack, Beverly Blow (ed)
Michigan State University Press (1997)
In Collection
#4925
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Poet
Woman
Hardcover 9780870134753
Product Details
LoC Classification PL8234.A85 .A23 1997
LoC Control Number 97015590
Dewey 893/.721
Nationality African
Height x Width 9.4 x 6.4  inch
First Edition Yes
User Defined
Conflict 19th Century misc
Notes
Nana Asma'u Bint Usman 'dan Fodio, a nineteenth-century Muslim scholar, lived in the region now known as northern Nigeria, and was an eyewitness to battles of the largest of the West-African jihads of the era. The preparation and conduct of the jihad provide the topics for Nana Asma'u's poetry. Her work also includes treatises on history, law, mysticism, theology, and politics, and was heavily influenced by the Arabic poetic tradition.