Islamic Thought in Africa (eBook)

The Collected Works of Afa Ajura (1910-2004) and the Impact of Ajuraism on Northern Ghana

Ajura Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura, Ibrahim Zakyi Ibrahim (Autoren)

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2021
256 Seiten
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-25820-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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 YSsuf a'A?lia Ajura (1910-2004), a northern Ghanaian orthodox Islamic scholar, poet, and polemicist known as Afa Ajura, or "e;scholar from Ejura."e; 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 TijA?niyyah Sufi clerics and traditional practices such as idol worship.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-300-25820-8 / 0300258208
• ISBN-13: 978-0-300-25820-2 / 9780300258202