Video of Princess Nana Asmaʼu bint Shehu Usman dan Fodiyo

In progress, my historical film on Princess Nana Asmaʼu bint Shehu Usman dan Fodiyo, (1793–1865) focusing on her illustrious life as a highly esteemed Islamic poet, scholar and reformer in the foundation of the Sokoto Caliphate from the reign of her father,  Usman bin Fodio عثمان بن فودي, Sultan of Sokoto, Amir al-Mu'minin, Imama. the first Sultan of Sokoto 

لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٥٦

Let there be no compulsion in religion, for the truth stands out clearly from falsehood. So whoever renounces false gods and believes in Allah has certainly grasped the firmest, unfailing hand-hold. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Surah Al-Baqarah Ayah 256 - 

The film will include her brothers, Sultan Muhammadu Bello (3 November 1781-25 October 1837) and Sultan Abu Bakr Atiku (1782–1842). And how she started her teachers (Jajis) who travelled throughout the Caliphate educating women in the students' homes. In turn, each of these Jajis used Nana Asma’u's and other Sufi scholars writings, usually through recited mnemonics and poetry, to train crops of learned women, called the ’Yan-taru, or "those who congregate together, the sisterhood."

Princess Nana Asmaʼu bint Shehu Usman dan Fodiyo, (1793–1865) of the Sokoto Caliphate with  her father,  Usman bin Fodio
عثمان بن فودي, Sultan of Sokoto, Amir al-Mu'minin, Imama. the first Sultan of
Sokoto

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