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Beverly B. Mack and Jean Boyd, One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe (Indiana University Press, 2000)

The standard scholarly biography of Nana Asma'u by Beverly B. Mack and Jean Boyd, documenting her education, her works and the 'Yan Taru network of women teachers in the Sokoto Caliphate.

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islam.museum contributors. “Beverly B. Mack and Jean Boyd, One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe (Indiana University Press, 2000)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/source/nana-asmau-one-womans-jihad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.

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