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Thousands of Mali manuscripts were smuggled to safety to protect them from jihadists. They have now been digitized and uploaded for the world to enjoy.

Google, working with historians from West Africa, has been working to digitize contemporary art, cultural and historic sites about Mali, and the digital library went live on Google Art & Culture (GAC) today, making these items available for exploration by the world. Known as Mali Magic, the project has over 40,000 assets of digitized manuscript […]

Google has launched Mail Magic, a digital treasure trove which aims to preserve and showcase Mali’s historic and contemporary art and culture. 

Google Arts & Culture on Thursday unveiled a project in which it will share digitised endangered manuscripts of up to 40,000 pages and historic contemporary arts and culture from Mali.

LONDON: Google has finished the mammoth project of digitizing 40,000 Malian manuscripts smuggled to safety from Timbuktu, preserving the historic documents and making their knowledge publicly available. The priceless manuscripts date back to the 11th century and were rescued after Islamist militant groups took control of large areas of northern Mali in 2012. Timbuktu, once was

Google today launched Mail Magic, a digital treasure trove which aims to preserve and showcase Mali’s historic and contemporary art and culture.  

Grammy-nominated Fatoumata Diawara celebrates a lost library in Timbuktu, while Ego Ella May’s sweet melodies will melt the coldest heart