Yusuf Soalih Ajura

Yusuf Soalih also called Afa Ajura (1890-2004), was a Ghanaian Islamic scholar, a preacher, political activist, and the founder and leader of a sect in Ghana.^[1] Afa Ajura was a proponent of Sunni Islam shunning pre-Islamic pagan practices, and whom some have referred to as a precursor to Wahhabi reformism in Ghana.^[2] 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.^[3]

Islamic scholar Yusuf Soalih Ajura
Personal life
Born	Yusuf 1890 contested Ejura, British Gold Cost
Died	December 22, 2004 (aged 114) Tamale Ghana
Resting place	Anbariyya Islamic Institute
Nationality	Ghanaian
Region	West Africa
Other names	Afa Ajura
Occupation	Islamic Instructor Political Activist
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanbali
Movement	Salafi

See also

• Moulvi Abdul Wahab Adam
• Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani II