Usman dan Fodio - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Note to moderator: Read the answerline carefully. A daughter of this ruler, Nana Asma’u (“uss-MAH-oo”), founded the Yan Taru movement to provide education for women in subjects such as Islamic theology. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Fulani scholar who founded the Sokoto Caliphate in 1803. He criticized the ulama for neglecting women’s education and equally educated his sons and daughters.

ANSWER: Usman dan Fodio [or Shaihu Uthman dan Fodio; or Shaikh Usuman dan Fodio; or Usuman bii Foduye; prompt on Usman or Uthman or Usuman; reject “Fodio”]

[10e] Yan Taru movement teachers taught theology to many women who newly converted to Islam due to these holy wars undertaken by the Sokoto Caliphate, whose name comes from an Islamic term meaning “struggle.”

ANSWER: jihads [or Fulani jihads]

[10m] Fatimah, the daughter of this Sunni theologian, is also known for her dedication to women’s education as part of Islamic reform. This theologian founded a namesake religious movement adopted by Muhammad bin Saud.

ANSWER: Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb [or Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī; accept Wahhabi movement or Wahhabism or Wahhabiyya]

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Canada	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	12	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	19.00	90%	90%	10%
South Central	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%

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Berkeley E	Berkeley A	0	10	10	20
Berkeley B	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Berkeley C	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
Berkeley D	Stanford C	0	10	0	10
Claremont Scripps	UCI	0	10	10	20
USC	UCLA B	0	10	0	10
UCSB	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
UCLA A	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	10	20
UCLA D	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	10	20
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	10	20
Guelph B	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	McGill A	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
McMaster C	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Toronto E	Queen's B	0	10	10	20
Toronto A	McGill C	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Toronto I	10	10	10	30
Toronto D	McGill B	0	10	10	20
Toronto J	Waterloo	0	10	10	20
Ottawa	Toronto K	0	10	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Western Ontario	0	10	10	20
UF B	FIU	0	10	10	20
UCF B	UCF A	0	10	0	10
UF A	UF E	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	WashU A	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Notre Dame D	0	10	10	20
Chicago D	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame C	Louisville B	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
UIC	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Notre Dame B	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
Macalester A	St. Thomas	0	10	0	10
Macalester B	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	Minnesota B	0	10	10	20
Minnesota C	Nebraska	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin	0	10	10	20
Alberta	British Columbia B	0	10	10	20
British Columbia A	British Columbia C	0	10	10	20
British Columbia D	Washington A	0	10	10	20
Simon Fraser	Washington B	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	McGill D	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	Northwestern C	0	10	0	10
Northwestern A	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Ohio	Rose State	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Texas A	0	10	10	20
Iowa	Tulsa	0	10	0	10
UCO	Alberta B	0	10	10	20
UTD A	UTD B	0	10	0	10
Alabama B	UAB A	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Sewanee A	0	10	0	10
Bruin A	Vanderbilt A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Huntsville A	Huntsville B	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Bristol B	0	10	10	20
City St George's A	Cambridge B	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Sheffield B	0	10	10	20
Imperial B	LSE A	0	10	10	20
Manchester A	Durham B	0	10	10	20
Southampton A	Oxford A	0	10	10	20
Durham A	Sheffield A	0	10	10	20
Sheffield C	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Southampton B	Oxford B	0	10	10	20