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

by John O. Hunwick and Alida Jay Boye

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For centuries, camel caravans made epic journeys across the Sahara 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 centre of Islamic literary culture and scholarship, attracting scholars from as far away as the Arabian Peninsula. Students came from all over West Africa to learn at the feet of Timbuktu's masters of law, literature...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0500514216

ISBN13:9780500514214

Release Date:November 2008

Publisher:Thames & Hudson

Length:176 Pages

Weight:3.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 9.8" x 12.9"

Related Subjects

Africa African & Middle Eastern Art Art History Arts, Music & Photography Classics History History & Criticism Humanities Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Mali World Literature

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