Table of Contents

Preliminary Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Nana Asma'u and the Scholarly Islamic Tradition
2. Qadiriyya Sufism: The Qur'an and the Sunna
3. The Caliphate Community
4. The Poetic Tradition
5. Sokoto as Medina: Imitating the Life of the Prophet and Re-enacting History
6. Caliphate Women's Participation in the Community
Appendix: Poems by Nana Asma'u
Glossary
Notes
Works Cited
Index

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

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"... 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