Nana Asma'u, Poet and teacher of Sokoto

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ScholarPoet and teacher of Sokoto

Nana Asma'uنانا أسماء

Approximate dateSokoto

Usman dan Fodio's daughter, who trained women teachers to carry learning to the villages.

Fluent in Arabic, Fulfulde, Hausa and Tamasheq, she wrote poems on faith, history and medicine. She organised the 'yan taru', women teachers who travelled to rural women with her verse lessons.

What grew out of it?

The yan taru network still exists in northern Nigeria.

Source: history · Wikipedia

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