Educating Muslim Women: The West African Legacy of Nana Asmaa'u 1793-1864

by Beverly Mack and Jean Boyd

Nana Asma'u was a devout, learned Muslim who was able to observe, record, interpret, and influence the major public events that happened around her.Daughters are still named after her, her poems still move people profoundly, and the memory of her remains a vital source of inspiration and hope. Her example as an educator is still followed: the system she set up in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, for the education of rural women, has not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847740448
• ISBN13: 9781847740441
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.8"