Poet and Teacher Who Built an Entire Network for Women's Education in the Sahel
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Poet and teacher who built an entire network for women's education in the Sahel.
Daughter of the reformer Usman dan Fodio, Nana Asma'u was a multilingual scholar, poet and speaker in the Sokoto Caliphate.
She established a movement of travelling teachers (known as the 'Yan Taru') to educate women even in the most remote villages.
A model of female leadership through knowledge, she proves that women's education illuminates an entire society.
Education · Transmission · Female leadership