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Desert Libraries of Timbuktu |
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Timbuktu, Mali, is the legendary city founded as a commercial center in West Africa nine hundred years ago. Today it is synonymous with the phrase "utterly remote," but this was not always so. For more than six hundred years, Timbuktu was a significant religious, cultural, and commercial center whose residents traveled throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe. Timbuktu was famous for educating important scholars who were well known throughout the Islamic world. Many individuals traveled to the city to acquire knowledge; others came to acquire wealth and political power.
This booklist is about the ancient and modern ibraries and centers of learnign found in Timbuktu, Mali and West Africa today.
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The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past
Charlie English - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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Two tales of a city: The historical race to "discover" one of the world's most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend."A... |
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Young Adult
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Blood and Ink
Stephen Davies - Charlesbridge Teen
Format: Hardcover
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Part thriller, part love story, this contemporary YA novel is based on true-to-life events in Mali in 2012 and centers around the power of individuals to take a stand against terrorism.Kadi is the 15-year-old daughter of a librarian in modern-day Timbuktu. Ali is the son of shepherds and has been... |
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Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/mali-overview.html
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The 2003 Library of Congress exhibit of manuscripts from the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library and the Library of Cheick Zayni Baye of Boujbeha, two of the most noteworthy institutions in the Timbuktu area. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/mali-exhibit.html
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