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33. Elegy for Na'Inna
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Boyd & Mack/The Collected Works ofNana Asma 'u in English 213 Work 33 Elegy for Na'Inna Sonnore Na'inna 1854/1855 - 1271 Laniuaie oforiiina!: Fulfulde Source oftext: Waziri Junaidu Introduction This is a lament for the last of the Shehu's brothers to die, Asma'u's paternal uncle Na'lnna. 1. Aliyu 3. Abubakar 2. The Shehu d.1817 Muhammad Fodiyo II 5. Adda 7. Muhamman Ali Na'Inna d.1854 4. Abdullahi 6. Abdullahi Bayero d. 1829 (Source, Kitiib al-Nasab, Abdullahi Bayero dan Fodiyo, vv.46-52.) Related texts None Significant features 9.Muh Yaro 8. Umaru The last two lines ofeach verse are the poem's original lines, to which Asma'u's youngest brother, Isa b. Shehu b. 1817, a famous poet, added takhmis. Boyd & Mack/The Collected Works ofNana Asma 'u in English Elegy for Na'Inna Sonnore Na'inna 1854/1855 - 1271 Work 33 213 Fulfulde Waziri Junaidu Lan~a~e ofori~jnal: Source of text: Introduction This is a lament for the last of the Shehu's brothers to die, Asma'u's paternal uncle Na'Inna. Muhammad Fodiyo II 1. Aliyu 3. Abubakar 2. The Shehu d.1817 5. Adda Na'Inna d.1854 4. Abdullahi 7. Muhamman Ali 6. Abdullahi Bayero d. 1829 9.Muh Yaro 8. Umaru (Source, Kitiib al-Nasab, Abdullahi Bayero