Sufi Women (Sufijki)

Wprowadzenie

Nana Asma’u composed “Sufi Women” in 1837 in Fulfulde, and the poem was later rendered into Hausa. It lists holy women from the time of the Prophet Muhammad – among them his wives and daughters – to famous Sufi women of later centuries and the women of the Sokoto community. The poem presents them as models of piety, learning and service and was meant to be learned and recited by the women whom Asma’u and her teachers taught. It is edited and translated in Jean Boyd and Beverly Mack’s collection of her works (1997).