Afa Ajura
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Islamic scholar Yusuf Soalih Ajura |
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Yusuf 1890 contested Ejura |
| Died | December 22, 2004 (aged 114) Tamale |
| Resting place | Anbariyya Islamic Institute |
| Other names | Afa Ajura |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Ethnicity | Dagomba |
| Region | West Africa |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Salafi |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Movement | Salafi |
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Yusuf Soalih also called Afa Ajura (1890-2004), was a Ghanaian Islamic scholar, a preacher, political activist, proponent of the Wahhabi doctrine, and the founder and leader of a sect in Ghana. He is widely considered to have been the initiator of Wahhabi reformism in Ghana. He established the Anbariyya Islamic Institute in Tamale in the 1940s. He died in Tamale on December 22, 2004. He was succeeded by Saeed Abubakr Zakaria in 2007 as leader of the Anbariyya Sunni Community.
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