# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nana-asma-u
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:03:43.565Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nana-asma-u"
name: "Nana Asma’u"
slug: "nana-asma-u"
description: "Nana Asmaʾu was a Fula princess, poet, teacher, public intellectual, political actor and scholarly authority and a daughter of the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Usman dan Fodio. She remains a revered figure in northern Nigeria. She is held up by some as an example of education and independence of women possible under Islam, and by others as a precursor to modern feminism in Africa."
tagline: "Nigerian princess and poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nana_Asma'u_Calligraphy_03.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1793"
deathDate: "1864"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.31127066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "نانا أسماء بنت عثمان فودي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نانا اسماء بنت عثمان فودى"
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    title: "നാന അസ്മാഅ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nana Asma'u"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Asma%CA%BCu"
    title: "Nana Asmaʼu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Нана Асмау"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump