One week after Islamic militants fled Timbuktu under French bombing strikes, preservationists are deeply uncertain about how to continue protecting the city’s priceless ancient documents — a conundrum ...

Mali's troubled tourism sector crosses fingers for comeback ...

With the armed conflict that occurred between 2012 and 2013, Mali's cultural heritage, including its ancient manuscripts, was severely damaged. In Timbuktu, many valuable manuscripts were burned or ...

Reprint of the 1973 ed. published by Methuen, London, which was issued as no. 7 of Studies in African history; with additions. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20 ...