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Jan 27, 2015 · This month, Abderrahmane Sissako’s “Timbuktu,” an official selection in Cannes last year and a current nominee for the best foreign-language film Oscar, was caught up in the aftermath of the ...
- 'Timbuktu': My Life as a Dog: A Dog Feels Life's Vagaries
In his charming if slight new novel, "Timbuktu," he has...
- ‘The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu,’ by Joshua Hammer
Timbuktu’s staggering manuscript hoard is the most vivid...
- In West Africa and Beyond, Mali’s ... - The New York Times
Tens of thousands of manuscripts were smuggled out of...
- 'Timbuktu': My Life as a Dog: A Dog Feels Life's Vagaries
In his charming if slight new novel, "Timbuktu," he has found the perfect subject and narrative strategy for re-examining these issues: he has told the story of a dog and his master from the...
Apr 28, 2016 · Timbuktu’s staggering manuscript hoard is the most vivid proof of how wrong he was. That ancient literary heritage, and the threat it faces from radical Islam, is the subject of Joshua Hammer...
Jul 12, 2022 · Tens of thousands of manuscripts were smuggled out of Timbuktu under jihadists’ noses, containing a wealth of knowledge about science, governance and peace-making. Now the public is getting a ...
Apr 4, 2017 · The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu is the wonderfully gripping story of Abdel Kader Haidara and the hundreds of ordinary Malians who, at great personal danger, endeavored to save the ancient fabled manuscripts of Timbuktu from destruction by Islamic jihadists.
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- Joshua Hammer
“Part history, part scholarly adventure story, and part journalist survey…Joshua Hammer writes with verve and expertise” (The New York Times Book Review) about how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist from the legendary city of Timbuktu, became one of the world’s greatest smugglers by saving the texts from sure destruction. With bravery ...
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Dec 5, 2014 · But “Timbuktu,” which won two prizes at the Cannes Film Festival in May, also has much to recommend it: a compelling story line, stunning Saharan landscapes and an immediacy that has...
