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Beyond Timbuktu : an intellectual history of Muslim West Africa / Ousmane Oumar Kane

Reviewed by Rudolph Ware III in Journal of African history (Cambridge, England) 59 (3) 2018, pages 530-532 (DT1.J858 AFA). Reviewed by Souleyman Bachir Diagne in African studies review (Piscataway, NJ ...
Reuters

Timbuktu tomb destroyers pulverise Islam's history

(Reuters) - The al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters who have used pick-axes, shovels and hammers to shatter earthen tombs and shrines of local saints in Mali's fabled desert city of Timbuktu say they ...
Religion News Service

Timbuktu's famed manuscripts escaped al-Qaida but the threat remains

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The 28,000 manuscripts returned safely to Timbuktu in August after a request from local leaders and civil society. TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé ...
The New York Times

In West Africa and Beyond, Mali’s Famed Manuscripts Are Put to Use

Tens of thousands of manuscripts were smuggled out of Timbuktu under jihadists’ noses, containing a wealth of knowledge about science, governance and peace-making. Now the public is getting a look. By ...
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Timbuktu's famed manuscripts return home after 13 years in Mali's capital

The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by al-Qaida-linked ...