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African Literary Heritage : The Timbuktu Manuscripts Project - http://www.sum.uio.no/timbuktu/index.html
Information about a project to preserve collections of manuscripts - includes a listing of events and information about partners.

The Islamic Legacy of Timbuktu - http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199506/the.islamic.legacy.of.timbuktu.htm
In a city that embodies remoteness, scholarship flourished alongside trade for centuries in the Middle Ages; an account of the history of this cultural and religious center.

Timbuktu Educational Foundation - http://www.timbuktufoundation.org/
Information on the early African scholars at the Timbuktu Universities of Mali.

Timbuktu, Mali - http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/unesco/timbuktu.html
The history of Timbuktu city, from its founding, through its golden age, to the present.

US Library of Congress - Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/
Online exhibition presents manuscripts from Timbuktu, covering the 16th to the 18th centuries.

US Library of Congress - Global Gateway: Islamic Manuscripts from Mali Collection - http://international.loc.gov/intldl/malihtml/
Features 22 manuscripts from the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library and the Library of Cheick Zayni Baye of Boujbeha, both in Timbuktu, Mali.

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