Dunya BinshaƔkam Dināra (Everything in the World Shall Perish)

This chapter considers the poem “Dunya Binshaɣkam Dinara” as Afa Ajura's magnum opus, resembling a part of the Qur'an in terms of its length and varied subject matter. It discusses Afa Ajura's explanation of the five pillars of Islam, which is significant in the sense that he provides crucial instructions and things that would nullify them. It also illustrates the way Afa Ajura weaves Dagbon overlords into the poem as he acknowledges their greatness and depicts them as defeated and insignificant before the Almighty God. The chapter details the wedding practices in which Dagombas used to engage and the practice of tibbu , through which the local clerics managed to hold the population captive with regard to claims of solving their problems. It highlights Afa Ajura's narration and criticism of the northern women going to the mining town of Akotia in southern Ghana.