The manuscript is composed of one quire of eight leaves, five quiries of ten leaves each, and two quires of fourteen leaves each, one quire additional.
The formal text is accompanied by extensive notes in the margin in Amharic, called 'anedemtā' commentary, which serves as a reminder to the reader of commentaries about the specific words or passages next to which the notes are written.
At the bottom left is a logo consisting of an outline of Ethiopia filled in with green with an rectangular inset illustration of a woman and a child's figures standing and raising their hands, with a laurel beneath them and a green ring surrounding them.
Poster depicts a map of Africa with the following economic trade areas denoted with different colors: CEN-SAD, COMESA, EAC, ECCAS, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC, UMA. In the background is a map of the globe.
Poster depicts an illustration of a man and woman holding a book up to three children; the man and women are seated, and the children are standing beside them; the book is printed with Amharic text and appears to glitter; radiating from the book are rays printed with Amharic text.
Poster depicts an illustration of the following: a male and female sitting at a panel table, facing rows of other males and females also sitting at tables, some of whom are raising their hands; everyone is sitting in front of a microphone and has a name card beside them; in the background is Amharic text and the number "2001" repeating across the top.
Poster depicts an illustration of a group of people pushing large stones that read "corruption" in Amharic toward the sun in the horizon; behind them are children and clergy.
Poster depicts the following illustrations: a girl bleeding after genital circumcision, superimposed with a bloody razor and a Venus symbol cover and dripping with blood with a razor in the center crossed out with blood; a man beating a woman in a white dress, while another woman lies on the ground as other men beat her; a woman carrying a full knapsack in a rural area; a woman or adolescent girl's face; an outline map of Ethiopia superimposed with a red handprint.