Collection of Bilingual Texts I

Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu I.

Contains a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collection of manuscripts, which includes original and new copies. The contents of the documents include protection and healing recipes, formulas for good luck, a Mandinka calendar with the months and the days in each month, and numerous figures and numerological formulas. Dual literacy in classical Arabic and Mandinka Ajami is necessary to understand the contents of many of the documents in this collection.

Custodial history: The owner gathered the documents over the years as part of his research.

Extent and format of original material: 56 pages.

Physical characteristics: Unbound manuscript.

Owner(s) of original material: Malang Diafoune.

Additional script information: Mandinka Ajami.