A THEMATIC EXPOSITION OF THE NUPE AJAMI MANUSCRIPT HERITAGE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA

After the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria early in the nineteenth century, various groups of Muslims adopted Ajami1 for transcribing their indigenous languages. The spread of Islam in Nupeland, like in other parts of the Muslim world, was thus accompanied by the growth of a local Is...

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Main Author: Ndagi, Muhammad Umaru (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2011
In: Islamic Africa
Year: 2011, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 11-33
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