Beverly B. Mack, Jean Boyd

One Woman's Jihad

Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 141mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9780253213983
• ISBN-10: 0253213983
• Artikelnr.: 20993425

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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