Nana Asmaʾu (pronunciation; full name: Asmaʾu bint Shehu Usman dan Fodiyo pronunciation, Arabic: نانا أسماء بنت عثمان فودي; 1793–1864) was a Fula princess...
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including Aliyu (1770s–1790s) and the twins Hasan (1793– November 1817) and Nana Asmaʼu (1793–1864). Aisha was also known as Gaabdo ('Joy' in Fulfulde) and as...
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1988), a Japanese figure skater Nana Asma’u (1793–1864), a poet, teacher and a revered figure in northern Nigeria Nana Chudasama, an eminent jurist, former...
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on. Some other famous scholars of that era were Shaikh Dan Tafa and Nana Asma'u. All of these scholars are still being widely studied around West Africa...
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they would be observed by professional teachers. In the 19th century, Nana Asmaʼu (1793–1864) founded the Yan Taru movement for the education of Sokoto...
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treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason. Nana Asmaʼu (1793-1864) was a Nigerian poet and political writer, who supported the...
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[citation needed] Royalists such as Usman dan Fodio, Muhammed Bello, and Nana Asmaʼu possessed many Islamic writings and works, all written in the Ajami or...
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Dada Masiti Fatima al-Fudayliya, also known as al-Shaykha al-Fudayliya. Nana Asma’u bint Shehu Usman bin Fodiyo Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal Aisha...
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The Yan Taru movement was started by Nana Asma'u dan Fodio in 1838 with the purpose of empowering and educating women in the then Sokoto Caliphate. The...
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became well known in this regard. Notable amongst these were his sister Nana Asma’u, a poet and teacher, and Abu Bakr Atiku, who would become his successor...
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Mamman Jiya Vatsa Mamman Shata Michael Echeruo Muhammad Bello dan Fodio Nana Asma’u (1793–1864) Niyi Osundare Nnorom Azuonye O-jeremiah Agbaakin Obo Aba...
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writers of the Sokoto Caliphate, in present-day Nigeria, was the princess Nana Asma'u (1793-1864). In the Horn of Africa, there are a number of sources documenting...
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his responsibilities as the new Emir.: 95 After Abdullahi's passing, Nana Asma'u, poet and daughter of Usman dan Fodio, wrote an elegy for her uncle....
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Eseohe Arhebamen (a.k.a. Edoheart), Nigeria Khadambi Asalache, Kenya Nana Asma'u, Nigeria Hennie Aucamp, South Africa Mohammed Awzal, Morocco Ayo Ayoola-Amale...
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uncle, Abu Bakr Atiku. He was a close confidant of Sultan Ali and son of Nana Asma'u His reign as vizier was effective but it had some limitations. Abdulkadir...
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pioneer, Grand Vizier of Sokoto and first Emir of Gwandu (r. 1812-1828). Nana Asma'u – Princess, Poet, Islamic Scholar and Daughter of Usman dan Fodio. Muhammed...
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p/f), Holocaust victim Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, Australia, p) Nana Asma'u (1793–1864, Sokoto Caliphate, nf/p) Adam Asnyk (1838–1897, Poland/Austria-Hungary...
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significant role in educating the women of the Fodiawa family, and her sister, Nana Asma'u, was one of her notable students.: 27 Dan Tafa's father, Sheikh Mustafa...
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ISBN 3897541157. Mack, Beverly B.; Boyd, Jean (22 May 2000). One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe. Indiana University Press. p. 36. "Usman dan Fodio...
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daughter of Mallam Musa, the Emir of Zazzau). Another wife was Magajiya Nana Asma'u (a daughter of Sheikh Usman dan Fodio, the first Sultan of Sokoto).[citation...
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b. al-Ṭāhir al-Fulānī (d. 1860), Uthman dan Fodio and his daughter, Nana Asma'u (1793–1864), Muhammad Bello, Muhammad Bukhari bin Uthman, Abd al-Qadir...
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Sokoto Style(s) Ranka Dede Eminence Royal Highness Members Muhammed Bello Nana Asma'u Ahmadu Bello Connected families Sullubawa of Kano and Katsina Tall of...
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were exiled in 1804. Like his brother Muhammed Bello and his sister Nana Asma’u, he dedicated significant part of his early years to study and wrote...
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alphabetical order: Jean Adam (Adams, 1704–1765), Scottish poet and teacher Nana Asma'u (1793–1864), Fulani poet and pioneer of women's education in Sokoto Caliphate...
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Decker argue that African women were the first feminists. Figures such as Nana Asma'u, an 18th-century African princess, and her Yan Taru movement to empower...
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September 2013). Educating Muslim Women: The West African Legacy of Nana Asma'u 1793-1864. Kube Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781847740618. Retrieved 2015-08-12...
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England), poet & martyr Sekar Ayu Asmara (living, Indonesia), screenwriter Nana Asma'u (1793–1864, Nigeria), poet & princess Izumi Aso (麻生いずみ, b. 1960, manga...
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Nah Dove, Nalo Hopkinson, Namwali Serpell, Nana-Ama Danquah, Nana Asma'u, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Nana Oforiatta Ayim, Naomi Jackson, Natalia Molebatsi...
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writer, translator Lesley Nneka Arimah (born 1983), short story writer Nana Asma’u (1793–1864), princess, poet, teacher Sefi Atta (born 1964), novelist...
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Demba and Ndate Yalla Mbodj of Senegal, Moremi, Idia, Amina, Orompoto, Nana Asma'u and Efunroye Tinubu of Nigeria, Yaa Asantewaa of Ghana, Yennenga of Burkina...
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