| LC control no. | n 87887697 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PL8234.A85 |
| Personal name heading | Asma'u, Nana, 1793-1865 |
| Variant(s) | Asmaa'u, Naana, 1793-1865 Asma'u bint Shehu, 1793-1865 Naana Asmaa'u, 1793-1865 Naana Asmaa'u b̳ii Usuman Foodiyo, 1793-1865 Nana Asmā, 1793-1865 Nana Asmaa'u, 1793-1865 Nana Asma'u bint Shehu Uthman Dan Fodio, 1793-1865 Usuman Foodiyo, Naana Asmaa'u b̳ii, 1794-1865 |
| Associated country | Nigeria |
| Birth date | 1793 |
| Death date | 1865 |
| Place of birth | Degel (Nigeria) |
| Field of activity | Arabic poetry, Nigerian Islamic poetry, Hausa Islamic poetry, Fula Sokoto Jihad, 1803-1830 |
| Affiliation | Yan Taru (Learning association) |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Muslim scholars |
| Found in | Boyd, J. The caliph's sister, 1988: CIP t.p. (Nana Asma'u, 1793-1865) galley (Asmau; a Muslim woman in Nigeria) p. xix (b. in Degel) p. xx (daughter of Shehu dan Fodio; sister of Muhammad Bello) Gime Nana Asmaa'u e de wobbe, 1994: p. vii (Naana Asmaa'u; daughter of Sheehu Usumanu bii Foodiyo; b. 1794) p. vii (d. 1865) p. x (Naana Asmaa'u b̳ii Usuman Foodiyo) Collected works of Nana Asma'u, daughter of Usman dan Fodiyo, (1793-1864), 1997: p. xvii (d. in 1280 A.H., at age of 72; b. in 1207 or 1208 A.H.; the years 1793 & 1864 A.D. are close approximations of birth & death dates) Historical dictionary of Nigeria, 2009 (Asma'u, Nana, 1793-1864) Dictionary of African biography, 2012 (Asma'u, Nana (1793-1864); full name Nana Asma'u bint Shehu Uthman Dan Fodio) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 25, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Asma'u, Nana; Nana Asma'u bint Shehu Uthman Dan Fodio; Muslim scholar; born 1793 in Nigeria; involved in jihad battles orchestrated by her father, brother and husband; promoted education among women and created the extension teachers known as "Yan Taru", led by directors known as Jajis; her poems formed the basis of their lessons; functioned as a community leader during times of warfare and reformation in post-jihad northern Nigeria; was known well beyond her region and scholars in Morocco appreciated her contributions; her long poems described the history of the Sokoto jihad as it parallels the pattern of seventh-century jihad battles led by the Prophet Muhammad; died 1864) Ahmed, Aisha (Mrs). An anthology of the verse of Nana Asmā, 1981: page vii (born in Degel in 1794) page viii (spoke and wrote four languages: Fulfulde, Hausa, Arabic and Tamajek; she composed poems in Arabic, Hausa and Fulfulde) page ix (died in 1865, age 71) Boyd, Jean. The role of the women scholars of the Fodio era, in Papers of the Conference on Islam in Africa: the Changing Role of the Ulama, 1984: page 1 (Asma'u (b. 1793), one of the six Fodio sisters) page 3 (Asma'u bint Shehu) |
| Associated language | hau ful ara |
| Invalid LCCN | no 98011258 |
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