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Scholars grieve loss of priceless antiquities in Cape Town fire AFP 6 hrs ago AFP © RODGER BOSCH Academics and alumni lament the loss of priceless collections of African antiquites in the Cape Town fire that engulfed a university library It was no ordinary library. The University of Cape Town s Jagger Reading Room, destroyed by a runaway fire this week, was a beacon of African history and intellect. The African studies section of the 1930s library was engulfed by flames on Sunday when a fire sparked on the foothills of the city s iconic Table Mountain spread to the nearby campus.  Parquet-floored and lined with columns, the vast room housed a unique collection of African books and archives under its domed ceiling.

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