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At a glance

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Women Wars and campaigns History-writing and social thought

Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2021 CE · 1442 AH†
Countries: NG
Languages: ha (original) · en (original)
Approach: historical drama
Depiction of sacred figures: The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A Nigerian film about Queen Amina, the Hausa ruler of Zazzau in the sixteenth century; one of the major productions of Nigerian Netflix. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Kufi (Ibn A'tham)· Nusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)· Farha· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Ahl al-Harb (the people at war with the Muslims, their status and the rules that govern dealings with them)· The Arab woman and the international conventions· Family businesses

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Amina”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/amina-2021/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Kufi (Ibn A'tham)

The historian Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Kufi, known as Ibn A'tham, author of 'al-Futuh', which arranges Islamic history from the Prophet's death and the Saqifa of Banu Sa'ida onward and records its personalities.