Islamic Thought in Africa

Islamic Thought in Africa
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 9780300258202
ISBN-13 : 0300258208
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Download or read book Islamic Thought in Africa written by Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book length-work on Afa Ajura and translation of his complete poems This is the first English translation of and commentary on the collected poems of Alhaj YŠ«suf á¹¢Ä?liḥ Ajura (1910–2004), a northern Ghanaian orthodox Islamic scholar, poet, and polemicist known as Afa Ajura, or “scholar from Ejura.” The poems, all handwritten in Arabic script, mainly in the Ghanaian language of Dagbani and also Arabic, explore the author’s socio†‘religious beliefs. In the accompanying introduction, the translator examines the diverse themes of the poems and how they challenge TijÄ?niyyah Sufi clerics and traditional practices such as idol worship.


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