CONTRIBUTIONS OF GANGARAM ADAMU JAJI - MAJI TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUR'ANIC SCHOLARSHIP IN KANEM-BORNO

Abstract

Sheikh Adamu Gangaram was an erudite scholar who established his 1^st Tsangaya Qur'anic learning institute at Jaji- maji he received students from all over Borno, Niger, Cameroon and other neighboring countries. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the impact of Gangaram Adamu teaching's to the development of Qur'anic studies and to discussed his biography, the establishment of his Tsangaya, his method of teaching the role he played in establishing Tsangaya at different villages and towns. In the process of carrying out the research, the instruments used for collecting data include: interviews with the families of the scholar as well as their students, written materials, and any available sources of information in relation with the scholar under study. This paper was conducted on the contributions of Sheikh Gangaram Adamu Jaji-maji to the development of Qur'anic studies. It also shows the significant played by this great intellectual Qur'anic scholar and paved on how to establish and manage the Tsangaya system in our contemporary time.