She is co-editor (with Catherine Coles) of "Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century" and co-author (with Jean Boyd) of "The Collected Works of Nana Asma'u, 1793-1864" and "One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u Scholar and Scribe." Jean Boyd is former principal research fellow of the Sokoto History Bureau and research associate of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.