Archived Tombouctou Manuscripts Project news

 

June 2012

Report by Dr. Thomas Schuler - Thu, 06/28/2012 - 10:19
The Taking of Timbuktu - Tue, 06/26/2012 - 12:54
Timeline of Events in Mali - Fri, 06/22/2012 - 17:45
« Le Sahara aujourd’hui » : Kidal - Wed, 06/20/2012 - 09:32
Workshop Report: “West African Manuscripts: Encyclopaedic Dimension of Study” - Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:42
Save Mali’s Heritage - Tue, 06/19/2012 - 08:37
“Tombouctou : Pour une histoire de l’érudition en Afrique de l’Ouest” - Mon, 06/18/2012 - 18:27
Discussion on the book “The meanings of Timbuktu” - Mon, 06/18/2012 - 17:54
Introducing preservation for paper-based heritage library and archive collections. - Fri, 06/15/2012 - 09:37
Rapport de Mohamed Ag Erless - Thu, 06/14/2012 - 15:18
Muhammad Idris Muhammad Saleh (Maalim Idris): 1934-2012 - Tue, 06/12/2012 - 14:40

May 2012

Life in Timbuktu under Islamist rule - Wed, 05/23/2012 - 17:16
Declaration de Tombouctou - Mon, 05/21/2012 - 12:42
Timbuktu: SA’s uncertainty as rebels move in - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 09:26
Rebels burn Timbuktu tomb listed as U.N. World Heritage site - Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:52

April 2012

Timbuktu librarians protect manuscripts from rebels - Wed, 04/18/2012 - 08:22
Scientists worry about safety of literary gems in Timbuktu - Tue, 04/17/2012 - 08:34
No more offside scoring in Africa - Mon, 04/16/2012 - 17:15
Appel pour la sauvegarde des livres manuscrits anciens de Tombouctou et du Mali - Fri, 04/13/2012 - 16:16
Online petition to save Timbuktu manuscripts - Fri, 04/13/2012 - 15:56
Who, What, Why: Why do we know Timbuktu? - Wed, 04/04/2012 - 08:27

March 2012

The Fondo Ka’ti comes to Cape Town - Mon, 03/12/2012 - 09:47
Le Fondo Ka’ti vient au Cap - Fri, 03/09/2012 - 15:26
Folklorising Religious Poetry among the Yoruba - Mon, 03/05/2012 - 13:53

February 2012

New Yoruba Ajami Material in Database - Wed, 02/29/2012 - 14:33
Can a Papermaker Help to Save Civilization? - Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:54
Sixty Letters in Arabic Script from the Mozambique Historical Archives - Thu, 02/16/2012 - 15:52

January 2012

From Cape Town to Timbuktu, A novice Traveller’s Reflections, Part 2 - Tue, 01/17/2012 - 09:53
From Cape Town to Timbuktu: A Novice Traveller’s Reflections, Part 1 - Tue, 01/10/2012 - 14:28

December 2011

Graduation Hat-trick for Tombouctou Mss Project - Thu, 12/15/2011 - 07:52

November 2011

Journey to Timbuktu - Fri, 11/04/2011 - 12:18

August 2011

History, Heritage, Identity: Arabic manuscripts in Cape Muslim Families - Mon, 08/22/2011 - 15:49
Farewell Saarah Jappie - Mon, 08/01/2011 - 11:16

June 2011

Calligraphic Africa: A Personal Perspective - Wed, 06/15/2011 - 14:56
The Manuscript Collection of the Riyadha Mosque, Lamu, Kenya - Wed, 06/15/2011 - 09:47
A Mozambican Researcher at the Cape: My experience at UCT - Wed, 06/01/2011 - 15:14

May 2011

“It exists”: a PhD scholar’s visit to a Timbuktu archive - Tue, 05/24/2011 - 11:22

November 2010

Welcome to our website - Thu, 11/25/2010 - 10:50