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Timbuktu manuscripts: Mali's ancient documents captured online

• lb1lf 5y ago
  ...and if you have a few more hours to spare, you could do worse than looking up Joshua Hammer's 'The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu', on the efforts to save these manuscripts from militant islamist rebels. I'll admit to mostly buying it for the title, but found the story to be quite thrilling.
• mahidhar 5y ago
  If you have a couple of hours to spare, I recommend listening to the episode of the Songhai Empire by the Fall of Civilizations podcast. They go into the fascinating historical background of the Timbuktu scholars and libraries. Link: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUT6LhBBYs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUT6LhBBYs>
  • daliusd 5y ago
    Warning: you will want to listen the whole podcast after listening to this and it takes time.
  • elsherbini 5y ago
    I also recommend this podcast, just finished it this week.