Title in original script: عقيدة.
Transliterated title: Aqīda.
The manuscript is a copy from the original Arabic document with glosses in Mandinka Ajami made by Ablaye Bayo in 1983. The document is for students at the elementary level in the Mandinka Islamic curriculum.
Custodial history: The owner copied it from a manuscript of his father's young brother, Ablaye Bayo. Ablaye had an advanced Islamic education and served as a Quranic teacher and a marabout (religious leader and healer) in the village of Kignini in Kolda.
Extent and format of original material: 21 pages.
Physical characteristics: Unbound manuscript.
Owner(s) of original material: Ibrahima Bayo.
Author(s) of original material: Ablaye Bayo.
Scribe of original material: Ibrahima Bayo.
Additional script information: Mandinka Ajami.
