Mariam Alhassan Alolo

Mariam Alhassan Alolo
Mariam Alhassan Alolo
Personal
Born	1 January 1957; Tamale, Ghana
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Ghanaian
Ethnicity	Dagomba

Hajia Mariam Alhassan Alolo commonly known as "Haji Mariam" is a business woman and an Islamic missionary born in Changli, a suburban area of Tamale, Ghana in 1957. She established the Mariam Islamic Center in Sabonjida in 1981 to train women preachers.

Awards

Haji Mariam was a recipient of the Nana Asma'u Bint Fodio's Award for Excellence in Promotion of Literacy granted to her in 2008 by the Al furqaan Foundation, an excellence awards organization that honours Muslim individuals and organizations in Ghana.[1][2]

References

"AL FURQAN FOUNDATION". Retrieved 1 April 2014.
Pade Badru, Brigid M. Sackey (May 23, 2013). Islam in Africa South of the Sahara: Essays in Gender Relations and Political Reform. Amazon.com: Scarecrow Press. p. 428. ISBN 9780810884700.

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[1] "AL FURQAN FOUNDATION". Retrieved 1 April 2014.

[2] Pade Badru, Brigid M. Sackey (May 23, 2013). Islam in Africa South of the Sahara: Essays in Gender Relations and Political Reform. Amazon.com: Scarecrow Press. p. 428. ISBN 9780810884700.