Fa Khudhū (And You Must Take)

This chapter details “Fa Khudhu,” which is Afa Ajura's first poem in Arabic of more than eighty verses. It also explores the initial hypothesis as to why Afa Ajura composed the poem in Arabic, which has to do with his wanting to send a message to a different audience beside his usual one at home. It also points out how the poem is targeted at the leadership of the Tijaniyyah in Tamale or other parts of Ghana, all of which understand Arabic. The chapter explores the question on why Afa Ajura's Tijaniyyah opponents would concoct the lie that he did not know Arabic even though they must have heard his Arabic poems. It recounts how Afa Ajura laid bare all his arguments against the Tijaniyyah with all the scholarly greats of Accra that still practiced wird .