Yusuf Soalih Ajura

Yusuf Soalih Ajura
Personal life
Born
1890 contested
DiedDecember 22, 2004 (aged 114)
Resting placeAnbariyya Islamic Institute
NationalityGhanaian
RegionWest Africa
Other namesAfa Ajura
Occupation
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanbali
MovementSalafi

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. 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. 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.