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In an air-conditioned room on a quiet, tree-lined street in Mali's capital, Bamako, three young men sat at desks with cameras mounted overhead, picked up one page of parchment at a time from tall stacks at their left, clicked the shutter button and then reached for the next page. Click. Flash. Repeat.
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 gallery found at a page called Mali Magic, but the site doesn’t begin to tell the full story of the wealth of West Africa’s manuscripts that are found from the Atlantic to Lake Chad.
National Museums of Kenya and Google Arts and Culture partner to preserve Kenya's cultural heritage by digitizing our museums' collections.
National Museums of Kenya and Google Arts and Culture partner to preserve Kenya's cultural heritage by digitizing our museums' collections.
National Museums of Kenya and Google Arts and Culture partner to preserve Kenya's cultural heritage by digitizing our museums' collections.