Beverly B. Mack, Jean Boyd

Broschiertes Buch

One Woman's Jihad

Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 141mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9780253213983
• ISBN-10: 0253213983
• Artikelnr.: 20993425