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Toggle navigation  HOME LIFE > FAITH LIFE Nana Asma’u: A woman of knowledge in Africa 316 days ago 690 views  Ameera Abid Feminism, gender equality, and woman empowerment all seem like phenomenon of the modern world. However, if you are to dive deeper in Islamic history you will come across influential Muslim women in all phases of history in all the different ranks. You will find women who were warriors, leaders, scholars, advisors who worked together with men to give us the lives we are living today. Throughout our education we are taught about some of the prominent figures in Islam, such as the four rightly guided Caliphs and the wives of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Today, I would like to shed light on a very important woman who you probably never heard of, Nana Asma’u. This woman was the daughter of the founder of theSokoto Caliphate, Usman Dan Fodio, in Nigeria. She was a poet, teacher, and a princess. She devoted her life to educating the women of h...

" Originating from a tradition of supportive men, Nana Asam’u knew she had the backing of her father when she set up the Yan Taru organisation. The Yan Taru organisation was a collective of travelling teachers, trained by herself - then sent out into the villages and towns, to where the underdeveloped lived, shrouded by seclusion. http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/ ode-to-nana-asmau

 MENU PROGRAMS IMANWIRE TEACHERS BACK TEACHERS MOKHTAR MAGHRAOUI HASSAN LACHHEB ZAYNAB MANSOUR ANSARI YAHYA RHODUS ZAINAB ALWANI YASIR FAHMY MOHAMED GHILAN MOUTASEM ATIYA GIVE ZAKAT AUDIO ABOUT HOMEIMANWIREMUSLIM WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP: NANA ASMA’U, DAUGHTER OF THE SHEHU  Image by Alex Mitchell Muslim Women in Leadership: Nana Asma’u, Daughter of the Shehu Anse Tamara Gray on 15 March 2017  Shaykha Tamara Gray is an Islamic scholar, professional educator, and community activist. She holds a Master’s degree in Curriculum Theory and Instruction, multiple ijazas in Islamic sacred texts and… [ more ] The history of Muslim women is a history of action, acumen and resilience. It is a history of intelligence, interest and stamina. It is a history of personal power, community care and global grit. And few exemplify this history like Nana Asma’u of the early nineteenth century. HISTORICAL CONTEXT Nana Asma’u’s life was sandwiched bet...

A Sudanese Kingdom: an Ethnographical Study of The Jukun-speaking Peoples of Nigeria by C. K. Meek (1931) The Jukun Tribe When Ashu Manu came to the Jukun throne, presumably about the beginning of the nineteenth century, we enter the realm of reliable history, and it will clarify matters if we digress for a moment to summarize shortly the history of the Fulani of Bauchi, Gombe, and Muri, who succeeded between them in reducing the Jukun to a disorganized group of scattered villages. When Usuman dan Fodio began the Fulani Holy War at the beginning of last century he appointed lieutenants throughout the territories of Northern Nigeria to reduce the local inhabitants. In the region of Bauchi, Yakubu, one of his former pupils, was given the chief command ; while in the lower reaches of the Gongola River, and subsequently at Gombe, Buba Yero, another pupil of Usuman's, became his master's representative. Further south, Hamarua surnamed Modibo, a younger brother of Buba Yero, too...

OrderPaperToday   – The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill to repeal the Police Act of 1943 and introduce a stream of reforms to make for modern and more equipped policing in the country. The Sponsor of the bill, Bala Na’allah on Tuesday lamented the obsolete provisions in the act in relation to the prevailing insecurity across the country. In a lead debate, Na’Allah declared that there is need for the establishment of a service-oriented and modern Police that will meet globally acceptable policing standards in a democratic setting. Section 5 deals with the modernization of the current Police Force changing it from a force to an organisation that is geared towards protecting and safeguarding the lives and properties of Nigerian citizens. Part III of the bill comprising of section 9(a) 9 (b),10, 11,12,13,14,15 and 16 creates an hierarchy in the police. A provision is made to prevent a police officer from being a prosecutor in a matter that he or...

Breaking: President Buhari signs Executive Order to check corruption. Barely a day after disclosing that he would take steps to regig the anti-corruption war, President Muhammadu Buhari today signed into law an Executive Order aimed at seizing assets of corrupt persons and institutions in Nigeria.  The order also targets specific politically exposed persons who are currently being tried in courts for corruption. See full details here: DENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERNo. 6 of 2018 ON THE PRESERVATION OF SUSPICIOUS ASSETS CONNECTED WITH CORRUPTION AND OTHER RELEVANT OFFENCES Whereas it is the responsibility of the Federal Government of Nigeria to protect the resources of Nigeria from all forms of Corruption; Whereas Corruption constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the well-being, national security and stability of the country’s political and economic systems, as well as its continuous existence; and must be effectively addressed; By the powers vested in me under Section ...