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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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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.

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