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This article says almost nothing and then just has a lot of stock photos. This one linked from it is much better: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/27/
by Deimorz 7y ago
This article says almost nothing and then just has a lot of stock photos. This one linked from it is much better: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/27/mauritania-heritage-books-libraries https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/27/mauritania-her...
- Arubis 7y agoThis is a much better writeup, yes. For Francophones, this was originally posted (by the same author, so the English version at The Guardian is fine) at https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2010/07/05/mauritanie-les-livres-du-sable_1383450_3212.html https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2010/07/05/mauritanie....
- jacobolus 7y agoIf you search the web for Chinguetti you can find better material. In particular this article discusses much more of the history and context, http://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/article/view/159/114 http://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/article/vie... Also try a video search, https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Chinguetti https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Chinguetti