[PDF.58zw] The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Rediscovering Africa's Literary Culture

The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Rediscovering Africa's Literary Culture

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 | #628267 in Books |  imusti |  2008-11-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  13.00 x1.00 x9.80l,3.38 | File type: PDF | 176 pages

 | Thames Hudson

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||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent book !!!|By Sasquatch|I love this book. Finally someone took the time to put some serious work into a very neglected subject in English. Most of the important works on Timbuktu prior to this have been in French or Arabic. The book is large and has many full color pictures. I was impressed. The price could easily have been double for the quality of the information a|About the Author|Alida Jay Boye is cofounder and coordinator of the University of Oslo's Timbuktu Manuscripts Project.

John O. Hunwick has devoted a lifetime of scholarship to the history, culture, and literature of Islamic Africa.

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The extraordinary manuscripts of Timbuktu: invaluable historical documents, objects of tremendous beauty, and a testament to a great center of learning and civilization.

For centuries, trading caravans made epic journeys across the Saharan sands to reach the markets of the legendary city of Timbuktu, where they traded salt, gold, slaves, textiles―and books. By the mid-fifteenth century, Timbuktu had become a major center of Islamic literary cu...

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