Mali in west Africa has a rich written history… a story of religion and discovery told across tens of thousands of manuscripts dating from the 13th century.
Despite their fragility, they survived for centuries… until last year’s uprising by Islamist
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I don't know if anyone watched Foreign Correspondent last night but the section in the middle about the destruction of the archives and what that archival heritage meant to the community of Timbuktu and the nation of Mali was inspiring. The contrast
