Nana Asma’u bint Foduye

Nana Asma’u bint Foduye, the legendary Islamic scholar and poet of the 19th century was born alongside her twin brother Hassan; in Degel in the Hausa state of Gobir. She was given birth to by the Shehu’s first wife who was also his first cousin; Maimunatu, in the year 1793 A.D. She and her brother