Hidden in the savanna region of Nigeria, filled with rainforests,\npalm trees, and fertile soil, a woman was born who would later become a\nsymbol of female empowerment, leadership, and intelligence. From this\nregion came Nana Asma\u2019u, who later became known as one of the early\nicons of Islamic feminism.<\/p>\n
Quoted from About Islam, the light of Nana Asma\u2019u\u2019s work continues to\ninspire and is practised more than 150 years after her death. The\ndaughter of the Sokoto Caliph was named after Asma\u2019 bint Abu Bakar.<\/p>\n
In England, Nana Asma\u2019u is known as one of the early feminist icons.\nMeanwhile, West African Muslim communities honour her for her efforts in\nfighting for women\u2019s rights to obtain education and play an active role\nin society, strengthening the role of women which in previous\ngenerations had been largely ignored.<\/p>\n
In her time, she influenced West African society, intellectuals from\nthe banks of the Nile, and scholars in the Middle East. As a poet,\nscholar, teacher, polymath, and intellectual, Asma\u2019u\u2019s contributions\nshattered the stereotype that Muslim women in history were merely\nmarginalised figures, forced into silence, and limited to domestic\nwork.<\/p>\n
Decades later, during the British colonial period, British delegates\nwere astonished by the high intellectual tradition of Sokoto society.\nWhen Jean Boyd was sent by Britain to educate the people of Nigeria, she\nnoted, \u201cHere there is literacy, there is God, so allow me to return and\ntry to learn from the people I was supposed to be educating.\u201d<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/getting-to-know-nana-asmau-the-muslim-scholar-who-advanced-womens-education-1783810223", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }