The Collection
Al-Hariri of Basra
Africa
Paper
Mali
Ink
Stories
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The History of the Empire from Ghana to the Sultanate of Massina
The Timbuktu manuscripts contain accounts of local West African history
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The Timbuktu Manuscripts and the Human Right to Education
According to the Timbuktu manuscripts, every child had the right to everything that could make them a caliph, God’s vice-regent on earth, which they are called upon to become
Journeys to Timbuktu and Beyond
Tales of travels from West Africa to the Atlantic, from before the time of Colombus
Malian Medical Manuscripts
Timbuktu’s medical manuscripts represent one of the greatest scholarly achievements in the Islamic world
The Role of Mathematics in the Peace (and Manuscripts) of Timbuktu
The Timbuktu scholars solved important questions and equations
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