Dive into the epic story of Africa's greatest written legacy

Описание: Deep dive into the incredible story behind the rescue of the Timbuktu Manuscripts, threatened to be destroyed by extremists in 2012. https:// g.co/TimbuktuManuscripts #MaliMagic

Dr. Abdel Kader Haidara, the librarian known for smuggling the manuscripts out of Timbuktu when their safety was at risk, has said that it was once thought that there was no written history in Africa, only oral tradition - the rediscovery of these 400,000+ pages written by African scholars across 9 centuries represents a true renaissance.

Credits:
SAVAMA - Manuscript Digitization & Curation
Timbuktu Renaissance
UNESCO
Instruments 4 Africa
Brooklyn Public Library

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