For europeans timbuktu was long a mysterious place in the middle of nowhere. Today it is the scene of a battle to save an endangered Cultural Heritage the history of this ancient Trading Center the gateway to the desert is still in evidence here. At the same time the city also seeks to maintain its connection to the modern world in its heyday back in the fifteenth and sixteenth century timbuktu was one of the intellectual centers of the arab African World precious collections of manuscripts contained all the knowledge of the time that knowledge still lives on in numerous family libraries. These treasures were threatened when in april twenty twelve jehad us the militia occupied northern mali and timbuktu subjecting people there to tyranny. And destroying their sacred maza liams the historic documents were in immediate danger. A unique rescue mission to save the manuscripts began. Arrow. Thanks. Abdelkader haidara is one of the men behind the rescue mission thanks to him the Cultural Her
timbuktu s largest and oldest. abdelkader haidara is error and guardian to these treasures. the library is an important collection of scientific philosophical and theological manuscripts as well as literary texts written in arabic and african languages. the collections contain texts on issues of science and religion but also on everyday life love poems unique chronicles of west africa s kingdoms descriptions of ice surgery in the fourteenth century and discussions of the koran about the coexistence of muslims and christians that are still meaningful today haidar often refers to the old texts many of them are still surprisingly relevant.
twenty twelve jehad us the militia occupied northern mali and timbuktu subjecting people there to tyranny. and destroying their sacred maza liam s the historic documents were in immediate danger. a unique rescue mission to save the manuscripts began. arrow. thanks. abdelkader haidara is one of the men behind the rescue mission thanks to him the cultural heritage did not fall prey to the islamist extremists. his family s library is now in safe keeping in bamako the capital of mali its collection of manuscripts is among
subjecting people there to tyranny. and destroying their sacred mausoleums the historic documents were in immediate danger. a unique rescue mission to save the manuscript speak and. am. up till cutter haidara is one of the men behind the rescue mission thanks to him the cultural heritage did not fall prey to the islamist extremists. his family s library is now in safe keeping in bamako the capital of mali. its collection of manuscripts is among timbuktu s largest and oldest. abdelkader haidara is heir and guardian to these treasures are.