Beverly Blow Mack and Jean Boyd
One woman's Jihad : Nana Asma'u, scholar and scribe

Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2000. xv, 198 p.

See also The Caliph's Sister: Nana Asma'u 1793-1865: Teacher, Poet and Islamic leader

To my family, who have supported me, always. — JB
To Bob, Tom, and Sarah. — BBM
Thanks to Allan Christelow for the title. — BBM and JB

Nana Asma'u and the Scholarly Islamic Tradition
- Historical Background
- The Beginnings of the Sokoto Jihad
- The Birth of a Daughter, Islamic Education, the Sunna, and Sufism
- Asma'u's Work
Qadiriyya Sufism: The Qur'an and the Sunna
- The Fodiyo Clan: Qadiriyya Sufis
- Literary Productivity as a Way of Life
- Education
- Sufi Saints and Politics
The Poetic Tradition
- Asma'u's Role in the Caliphate
- Resocialization of Enslaved Peoples: Jihad Refugees
- The Construction of Community
- Practical Poems
- Incentive to Conform
Sokoto as Medina: Imitating the Life of the Prophet and Re-enacting History
Caliphate Women's Participation in the Community

Appendix
Poems by Nana Asma'u

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