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.
Poster depicts two illustrations. One is of a man standing behind a desk with his thumb up as a woman hands him a document labeled "Final Research." Both are smiling and wearing business casual attire. The other illustration is of the same man and a different woman in a kitchen, washing dishes together. Both are smiling and wearing aprons. At the bottom of the poster are the following sponsor logos: IIRR-Ethiopia and Koninkrijk der Nederlanden.
Poster depicts an illustration of a smiling man in a suit standing over a woman at her desk, holding her shoulder and groping her while she looks back in shock. The two are in an office workplace. At the bottom of the poster are the following sponsor logos: IIRR and The Royal Netherlands Embassy.
Poster depicts the following: two ribbon-like rings, with a photomontage in the left ring depicting two groups of people standing in a row in a forest area and text and a brown question mark in the right ring; below the rings are two brown exclamation marks and three photographs of forest areas in brown ribbon-like rings, one of which includes a hut under construction; background depicts a transparent photomontage of a group of people standing in a forest area and a stream in a forest; top and bottom borders are brown.
Poster depicts a photomontage of the following: forests and trees, a barefoot adolescent boy with goats in a wooded area, a box and a rake-like object in tree branches, and a pair of hands possibly holding peppers; background is blue and white, resembling a cloudy sky; bottom border is gradated light purple and white.
Poster appears to pertain to an election in District 10 of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and depicts an illustration of a torch and a portrait photograph of a man with facial hair who is wearing a button-up shirt and a jacket.
Poster depicts a collage that consists of a purple illustration of a girl and boy, both of whom are seated. The girl holds what appears to be a ball and faces the boy, and the boy crosses his legs and holds his hands in his lap. Photographs of children's arms extend from the left and right sides of the poster, with open hands beside text printed in yellow. The background is a photograph of a green hilly landscape.
Readable logos on the bottom of the poster: Ministry of Health; Department of Health & Human Services, USA; Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Technical Support for the Ethiopian HIV/AIDS Art Initiative (TSEHAI), Johns Hopkins University
Poster consists of nine photographs that depict community construction projects, community aid, meetings, agricultural work, and possibly sanitation work. A logo, possibly CEDACT's, is at the top left. Contact information for CEDACT is at the bottom right.
Along the top of the poster are logos for the Ethiopian Coffee Growers, Producers, & Exporters Association; the Ethiopian Millennium; and for something reading "Ethiopia: the birthplace of coffee."
Upper right side of the poster has the National Alcohol & Liquor Factory logo of a stag in silhouette against a sun (?). The right corner is bordered off by a curving off-white arc dotted with blue stars. Placed along the arc are five glasses of liquor. In the lower left corner of the poster are five bottles of alcohol made by the company: Baro's dry gin, lemon liquor, ouzo, supermint, and aperitif. Along the bottom edge of the poster are seven blue crates (all duplicate images) carrying bottles of liquor.
A woman in a white dress, edged in green and gold, holds a poster with a birthday cake on it, celebrating the National Lottery Administration's 25th anniversary. To the right of her photo are what appears to be a list of prize monies, all increased from original offerings (e.g., 90,000 is now 100,000).
A white circle is in the center of the poster, with a smaller red circle in the center of that, surrounded by radiating red arc lines. The word "Hake" is in black, next to the silhouette of a palm tree, also encased in the white circle. Surrounding the white circle are eleven flags for the regions of Ethiopia. Starting from the bottom left: Somali (obsolete flag), Somali (current flag), Benishangul-Gumuz, Tigray, Oromia, Ethiopia, Gambela (upside-down), Afar, Amhara, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), and Harari. Around the flags are various images of sports equipment for basketball, soccer, and ping pong, sporting apparel, and a trophy.
A simplified map of Ethiopia, with sections in different colors. A large seal of the Ethiopian Insurance Corporation is in the middle, over Addis Ababa. Smaller seals are placed all over the map, possibly indicating other branches? A multi-colored umbrella is placed over the entire map, as if sheltering the country.
Grey poster with an AIDS red ribbon that takes up the entire poster. Over the ribbon are printed purple and black drawings of people. The drawings look like pencil or ink work. Images are of people carrying a coffin, an older woman sitting on the ground holding her head in her hand, children wearing ragged clothing and signs of hunger, and a happy smiling couple.
Poster shows a the upper half of a front-facing bald, mustached man holding up a white pill with his right hand between thumb and forefinger. He wears a brown, white, and blue long-sleeved plaid button-down shirt. On the right side of the poster is text in a grey and blue background.
Poster for the Wegen AIDS Talkline. Poster shows a busy street with several cars, trucks, and blue-and-white taxis. People walking on both sides of the street. People are photoshopped into the poster with thought bubbles issuing from their heads. Three people are photoshopped as if standing or walking through traffic. A man is on one side of the road getting his shoes shined. Top and bottom edges of the poster are tan.
Poster depicts a collage of the following: an illustrated woman's silhouette with an illustrated radio; the Betengna logo consisting of a map of Ethiopia with the Amhara region outlined in white, an illustrated pair of headphones around the map, and lightning bolts around one of the headphone ears; in the top left is the Betengna logo; in the background is the Betengna logo.
Poster depicts a photograph of a man, possibly Endale Abate, wearing a long-sleeved button-up shirt that is striped green and black; at the bottom is a small oval-shaped portrait photograph of a man, possibly Yishak Banjaw, wearing a blue collared shirt and a cream jacket; background is black, with small olive, chartreuse, and beige cube-like shapes enclosed in a curved brown border on the right.
Poster is an advertisement for a musical work by Haimanot Girma and depicts a photograph of her; she is wearing a gold necklace with large beads and a black short-sleeved blouse; to the left is the logo of Electra Music Shop and its contact information.
Poster is a wall calendar advertising the radio program, Journey Through Life; covers September/October 2001 through August/September 2002 and includes Ethiopian dates; depicts two illustrations: one of a family standing together with a house in the the background and the other of a woman and man sitting together in a field of flowers with two wedding rings in the sky behind them.
Poster depicts a photograph of a group of people sitting in a circle underneath a tree in a green field. The title's letters and border surrounding the top and bottom of the photograph resemble embroidery. The logo for the World AIDS Campaign is at the bottom right.
At the bottom include the following sponsor logos and seals: Ethiopian Ministry of Health, HAPCO (HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control Office), United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), UNFPA, UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS), Jhpiego, ICAP (International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs), and AIDS Resource Center.