Youssouph Demba Manuscript Collection

The collection consists of four manuscripts. The first two Ajami manuscripts deal with divination techniques, which are very popular among Mandinka scholars. The third is a famous Mandinka Ajami poem, and the fourth is a typed Arabic document dealing with the biography of a prominent Mandinka religious leader from the Gambia.

Extent and format of original material: 4 files.

Additional script information: Mandinka Ajami.