University of Timbuktu
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"University of Timbuktu" is a modern collective term for a historical scholarly and teaching community which existed within in the city of Timbuktu in what is now Mali, associated with the mosques of
The Sankore Mosque, c. 2006
Exterior of the Djinguereber Mosque
Early 20th century photo of the Sidi Yahya Mosque. The mosque was subsequently rebuilt and redesigned in 1939.
Page from the 17th century Ta'rīkh al-Fattāsh
Mali
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Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa and the 23rd largest country in the world, with an area of 1,240,192 square ki
University of Timbuktu
…of Timbuktu" is a modern collective term for a historical scholarly and teaching community which existed within in the city of Timbuktu in what is now Mali, associated with the mosques of Sankore, Djinguereber, and Sidi Yahya. The term refers to a scholastic community that endured for over a century during…
The pages above are from Timbuktu Manuscripts written in Sudani script (a form of Arabic) from the Mali Empire showing established knowledge of astronomy and mathematics. Today there are close to a million of these manuscripts found in Timbuktu alone.
Griots of Sambala, king of Médina (Fula people, Mali), 1890. Photo by Joannès Barbier.
Cotton being processed in Niono into 180 kg (400 lb) bales for export to other parts of Africa and to France, c. 1950
WWI Commemorative Monument to the "Armée Noire"