Tag: Timbuktu mathematics and astronomy
After Tombs, Arabs Now Destroying Timbuktu’s Manuscripts
AFRICANGLOBE - The city of Timbuktu in northern Mali is not only home to historic mosques and sacred tombs, but also an enormous collection of old manuscripts that illustrate the rich intellectual history of the region. All of this is now under threat from a wave of barbarism by salafists Arabs who have seized control of northern Mali.
