Fantastic article from National Geographic.
Books and records underpin all aspects of life in past and present day Timbuktu.
Now, a digitisation project to protect them for the future...
The Telltale Scribes of Timbuktu
The caravan city harbors great books, mysterious letters—and a world of intrigue.
"...Words form the sinew and muscle that hold societies upright, he argued. Consider the Koran, the Bible, the American Constitution, but also letters from fathers to sons, last wills, blessings, curses. Thousands upon thousands of words infused with the full spectrum of emotions fill in the nooks and corners of human life..."
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