{"product_id":"islamic-thought-in-africa-alhaj-yusuf-salih-ajura-9780300207118","title":"Islamic Thought in Africa: The Collected Works of Afa Ajura (1910-2004) and the Impact of Ajuraism on Northern Ghana","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first book length-work on Afa Ajura and translation of his complete poems\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the first English translation of and commentary on the collected poems of Alhaj Yūsuf Ṣāliḥ 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 Tijāniyyah Sufi clerics and traditional practices such as idol worship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura, Zakyi Ibrahim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300207115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300207118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.38w x 0.94d","brand":"Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47202630271231,"sku":"9780300207118","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f53b245-5f41-432f-995c-4e8712067120.jpg?v=1756832932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/islamic-thought-in-africa-alhaj-yusuf-salih-ajura-9780300207118","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}