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PHILOSOPHER

Nana Asmaʼu

1793 - 1864

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Nana Asmaʾu (full name: Asmaʾu bint Shehu Usman dan Fodiyo, Arabic: نانا أسماء بنت عثمان فودي; 1793–1864) was a Fula princess, poet, teacher, and a daughter of the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Usman dan Fodio. She remains a revered figure in northern Nigeria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nana Asmaʼu has received more than 52,603 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nana Asmaʼu is the 1,046th most popular philosopher, the 31st most popular biography from Nigeria and the 2nd most popular Nigerian Philosopher.

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  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nana Asmaʼu ranks 1,046 out of 1,081. Before her are Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Liang Shuming, Phan Thanh Giản, Ivan Kireyevsky, Sopater of Apamea, and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. After her are Azmi Bishara, Gómez Pereira, Isidore of Alexandria, Richard Posner, Sandra Harding, and Martin Chemnitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Nana Asmaʼu ranks 41. Before her are Joseph Paul Gaimard, Martin Rathke, Diego Portales, Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau, Kazim Rashti, and Stephen F. Austin. After her are Philip Barker-Webb, Felix de Muelenaere, Henry Charles Carey, Erik Johan Stagnelius, William Hopkins, and Jan Frans Willems. Among people deceased in 1864, Nana Asmaʼu ranks 55. Before her are Charles Julien Brianchon, Rudolf Wagner, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Gonçalves Dias, Gaetano Bedini, and Walter Savage Landor. After her are Anna Harrison, Heinrich Rose, William T. Anderson, Alexander Vostokov, Roger B. Taney, and Jacques Jasmin.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Nana Asmaʼu ranks 31 out of 236. Before her are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Amos Tutuola (1920), Bennet Omalu (1968), and Murtala Mohammed (1938). After her are Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Aliko Dangote (1957), Tijani Babangida (1973), and Kelechi Iheanacho (1996).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Nigeria

Among philosophers born in Nigeria, Nana Asmaʼu ranks 2. Before her are Usman dan Fodio (1754).

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