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Format: 1 online resource (256 p.) : , 1 b-w illus.

ISBN: 9780300258202 , 9783110754001

Series Statement: World Thought in Translation

Content: The first book length-work on Afa Ajura and translation of his complete poems This is the first English translation and commentary of 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 were translated from the Ghanaian language of Dagbani and Arabic, handwritten in Arabic script, and 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.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Translator's Introduction -- , Poem 1: Damba Digoli (Damba Month) -- , Poem 2: Dunya BinshaƔkam Dinara (Everything in the World Shall Perish) -- , Poem 3: Dolya Tiduma Nawuni ŋun Namtiŋo (Our Lord God, the Sole Creator, You Must Obey) -- , Poem 4: Afa ZaŋunpaƔ Nyu BuƔli (Any Person Who Allows His Wife to Drink the Potion for Exorcism) -- , Poem 5: Fa Khudhu (And You Must Take) -- , Poem 6: Kutilga (You Shall Not Be Saved) -- , Poem 7: Nsab Nsabliŋo (I Compose This Writing of Mine) -- , Poem 8: Dolya Tiduma Ka Doli Anabŋo (Follow Our Lord and This Prophet) -- , Poem 9: Afa Nim Zasa Nin Binya (All Clerics Have Not Seen: Against Wird) -- , Poem 10: Bukari Mawla (A Eulogy) -- , Poem 11: Ninsal Kutonya Tiduma (A Human Being Cannot See Our Lord) -- , Poem 12: Salli Salatan (Send Blessings Upon) -- , Poem 13: TipaƔri Tiduma Nawuni (We Thank Our Lord) -- , Poem 14: Ansarsi Mana (He Who Mocks) -- , Poem 15: Nah. nu Junudu H. abıbina (We Are the Army of Our Beloved) -- , Poem 16: Afanim Tola Ayirmo (The Clerics Have Gone Wild) -- , Notes -- , Index , Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English.

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Language: English

DOI: 10.12987/9780300258202

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Format: 1 online resource (246 pages)

ISBN: 9780300258202

Series Statement: World thought in translation

Content: The first book length-work on Afa Ajura and translation of his complete poems.

Content: This is the first English translation and commentary of the collected poems of Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura (1910-2004). Known as Afa Ajura ("scholar from Ejura", a town where he was born), this orthodox Islamic scholar, poet, and polemicist,grew up in Northern Ghana where he preached and composed. Upon his passing, he left behind more than 153-page collection of poems on socio-religious themes in Dagbani (Northern Ghanaian language) and Arabic.0In the accompanying introduction, translator Zakyi Ibrahim examines Afa Ajura's social, religious, and intellectual background, contextualizes the environment in which Afa Ajura founded and ran his Sunni community, and assesses the impact "Ajuraism" has had on Northern Ghana. Ibrahim also explores the social and theological themes of the poems and how they challenge Tijaniyyah Sufi clerics and traditional practices such as idol worship, imploring Ghanaians to subscribe to orthodox Islamic beliefs as a means of attaining salvation in the afterlife

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780300207118

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780300207118

Language: English

Keywords: Afrika ; Islam ; Lyrik ; Ghana ; Dagbane

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