Ajura, Afa Yusif (owner)Issahak, Baba (owner)Ajura, Afa Yusif (scribe)Ajura, Afa Yusif2019-10-252019-10-251965Haas, Karl J., Dawuni, Saeed Alhassan, Abdul-Fatawu, Fuseini, Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni & Schmidt, Eric J. (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Dagbanli Ajami and Arabic Manuscripts of Northern Ghana. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/32937https://hdl.handle.net/2144/38388The entire manuscript is available for download as a PDF file(s). Higher-resolution images are unavailable. Fieldwork Team: Karl J. Haas, PhD (Pricipal Investigator; Visiting Researcher, African Studies Center), Saeed Alhassan Dawuni (Field Researcher), and Fuseini Abdul-Fataw (Field Researcher). Technical Team: Professor Fallou Ngom (Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University), Eleni Castro (OpenBU Librarian, Boston University Libraries), and Eric J. Schmidt (Assistant Director, African Studies Center). This collection of Dagbanli Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This project is partly funded by the BU African Studies Center and Middlebury College. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. Access is for research and educational purposes only, provided the original author and source are fully cited using the information below. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Haas, Karl J., Dawuni, Saeed Alhassan, Abdul-Fatawu, Fuseini, Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni & Schmidt, Eric J. (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Dagbanli Ajami and Arabic Manuscripts of Northern Ghana. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/32937. For Inquiries: please contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu). For technical assistance, please contact open-help@bu.edu.Provenance / Custodial history: The manuscript's owner was given a copy of the manuscript from a man named Malam Fari, who had been the Friday imam of Zohe Ayim community in the Yendi District.This song is an exhortation to Afa Ajura's two primary audiences: members of the Tijaniyya order in Tamale and to those Dagbamba still practicing indigenous spiritual practices. The text fits within those songs which tells Tijaniyya followers to look only to the Holy Qur’an to know how to worship and be a good Muslim.Unbound manuscript. 4 pages. The copy in our possession is a scanned version of a manuscipt that is itself a photocopy of an original manuscript in Afa Ajura's hand. The original paper appears to have been lined note paper.PaperdagThe materials are subject to copyright. Access is for research and educational purposes only. Materials are not to be reproduced without written permission.Tamale, GhanaManuscriptAjami scriptIslamic songTijaniyya IslamIndigenous religious practicesQu'ranManuscript