One of the largest literary productions in Africa has been digitized and is in Google Arts & Culture. It is called Mali Magic and includes more than 40,000 pages of the manuscripts of Timbuktu, a city ...
Christian Science Monitor: In Timbuktu, a race to preserve Africa's written history
Princeton University: Historic map exhibition, lecture set on exploring Africa, April 15
Below left: The exhibition includes this version of a 1541 woodcut map by German geographer Martin Waldseemüller taken from Ptolemy's "Geographia." It shows the southern tip of Africa, along with ...
Los Angeles Times: From Timbuktu, texts that lead to an elusive Africa
In its golden era, the Malian city of Timbuktu was home to numerous Islamic scholars and the thriving book trade. Sankore Madrasah university established the city as a scholarly centre in Africa. This ...
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