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Susana Molins Lliteras has recently published a chapter entitled "Iconic Archive: Timbuktu and its manuscripts in public discourse".

Prof Shamil Jeppie has received the prestigious Fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin for 2020-2021. His project for the duration of the Fellowship is called, "Timbuktu as Archive: Writing, Copying, Collecting."

From our friends at the Islam in Africa Studies Group (IASG): We are happy to announce the launch of H-IslamInAfrica’s book review platform.

Muslim Intellectual Writing in Africa The African Studies Association makes a Call for Papers on Muslim intellectual writing in Africa.

Turkish garbage collectors in the country’s capital city of Ankara have opened a public library that is full of books that were originally destined to be put into landfill.

Islam in Global Africa: African Muslims in the World, Muslim Worlds in Africa The Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa at Northwestern University invites proposals for a conference in Evanston.

UCT’s news published an article on one of the talks delivered at the Zukunftsphilologie Winter Academy: World Scripts, hosted by Huma and the Tombouctou Manuscripts Project.

The fourth instalment in the Gerda Henkel Foundation documentary series focussing on the Tombouctou Manuscripts Project, The Key Piece, has been released and is available for online viewing.

Learning from Timbuktu, the third instalment in the Gerda Henkel Foundation documentary series focussing on the Tombouctou Manuscripts Project, has been released and is available for online viewing.