The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu [LP] : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
by Hammer, Joshua, 1957- (Author)
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Summary
In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that had fallen into obscurity. The Bad-Ass Librarians... Full description
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English
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English
Edition
Large print edition.
Subjects
Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Mali > Tombouctou.
Manuscripts, Arabic > Mali > Tombouctou.
Cultural property > Protection > Mali.
Islamic learning and scholarship > Mali > Tombouctou.
Librarians > Mali > Tombouctou.
Mali > History > Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- > Destruction and pillage.