Traveling With a Wise Woman

After nineteen years, a long lost archive reveals the unedited testimony of Mother Tynnetta Muhammad, a transformative leader and the youngest wife of Elijah Muhammad. Her preserved voice provides a rare primary source that unveils the untold history of Black women's leadership, the inner workings of the Nation of Islam, and American Muslim history. Alongside contemporaries such as Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, she played a prominent role in the international expansion of the movement, a legacy now meticulously compiled, edited, and annotated by award winning anthropologist and filmmaker Hakeem Khaaliq. This book serves as a scholarly edition of a historic oral narrative, offering researchers, students, and readers unprecedented access to her firsthand account.