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Contributions of Women to the Development of Hausa Literature as an Effective Means of Public Enlightenment: The Case of a 19th C. Female Scholar, Maryam Bint Uthman Ibn Foduye

In the 19th century Hausa land an Islamic revolution known as the Sokoto Jihad took place which led to the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1808 under the leadership of the famous Sheik Uthman Bn Fodiye.Prior to the Jihad women in Hausa land (now Northern Nigeria) were left in ignorance and were being used and dumped like old kitchen utensils.The sheik and his followers did their best in the fight for women's right to education by using their female family members as role models who were highly educated and renowned scholars.After the Jihad with establishment of Islamic state, the wome…