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The manuscripts of Timbuktu /

This documentary demonstrates that Timbuktu was a leading cultural, economic, scientific and religious center that made a significant and lasting impact on Africa and the entire world. The film documents that Africa had vibrant scholarly institutions and written cultures long before European interv...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Vieux Farka Touré (Musical group) (Performer), California Newsreel (Firm) (distribution company.)
Other Authors: Maseko, Zola, 1967- (Screenwriter)
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Arabic
Language Notes:In French and Arabic with English subtitles.
Published: [San Francisco, California] : California Newsreel, 2009.
Subjects:
Manuscripts > Mali.
Africa, West > Antiquities.
Archaeology and history > Africa.
Africa, West > Colonization.
Africa > Civilization.
Tombouctou (Mali) > History.
Mali > Civilization.
Tombouctou (Mali) > Intellectual life.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Description
Summary:This documentary demonstrates that Timbuktu was a leading cultural, economic, scientific and religious center that made a significant and lasting impact on Africa and the entire world. The film documents that Africa had vibrant scholarly institutions and written cultures long before European intervention. It establishes the importance of preserving ancient manuscripts as an exciting and empowering legacy for Africana scholarship today.
Item Description:This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Originally produced in 2009.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (52 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R, NTSC.
Production Credits:Vieux Farka Touré, musical score.