Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu VIII.
Contains a bilingual Arabic-Wolof Ajami collection, which highlights the multilingualism and multiliteracy of the owner, Issa Diante. Diante is a Mandinka native speaker, who is fluent in Wolof. He reads and writes classical Arabic as well as Mandinka and Wolof Ajami, which he acquired during his peripatetic learning in Murid communities in northern Senegal where he embraced the Muridiyya Sufi order. The bilingual Arabic-Wolof Ajami documents in his collection are commonly used in Murid communities. The documents include a personal correspondence in Wolof Ajami and bilingual Arabic-Wolof texts dealing with Islamic rituals, obligations, and prayers.
Custodial history: The materials are part of the owner's private collection that he has gathered throughout his life.
Extent and format of original material: 43 pages.
Physical characteristics: One manuscript is partly bound and others are unbound. Some documents show signs of water damage.
Owner(s) of original material: Issa Diante.
Additional script information: Wolof Ajami.
