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The ancient Timbuktu manuscripts of Mali were back in the headlines following internet giant Google’s initiative to host a collection of them at an online

Google’s ‘Mali Magic’ is drawn from a library association’s 80,000 documents, with the latter hoping to publish 242,000

Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara releases EP in association with Timbuktu archive project

Thanks to decades of scholarship and, recently, digitisation, information is now accessible at a bilingual, open-access, online union catalogue of nearly 80,000 manuscripts at the West African Arabic Manuscript Database.

The ancient Timbuktu manuscripts of Mali were back in the headlines following internet giant Google’s initiative to host a collection of them at an online

Opening these libraries up promises to re-balance the continent’s place in world history when it comes to its intellectual life.

“I’m not wearing a costume, I’m wearing Dolce & Gabana,” Haddish tells reporter. See the conversation inside. 

A virtual gallery containing thousands of Mali's ancient documents has been launched. The gallery contains up to 40 thousand documents written in ancient Arabic that have been digitised and made available online.

Google has launched Mali Magic, a digital treasure trove with the objective of preserving and showcasing Mali’s historic and contemporary art and culture in Africa.

A virtual gallery to showcase Mali's cultural history has been launched, featuring tens of thousands of Timbuktu's ancient manuscripts.