#timbuktu — Public Fediverse posts

AFRIKA UND EUROPA - Die Wüstenstadt #Timbuktu - Alles #Geschichte - Der History-Podcast | BR Podcast https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/alles-geschichte-history-von-radiowissen/afrika-und-europa-die-wuestenstadt-timbuktu/2115182

Mapping Medieval Africa - The Great Kingdoms of the West
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https://ubiqueags.org/the-ags-globe-mapping-medieval-africa-the-great-kingdoms-of-the-west/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/medieval-west-africa-history-facts/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-West-Africa-Nehemia-Levtzion/dp/1558763058# <-- shared link to book
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H/T #AmericanGeographicalSociety
“Medieval West Africa was dominated by three great empires - Ghana, Mali, and Songhai - that grew immensely powerful from the trans-Saharan trade routes, especially for gold and salt, fostering vibrant Islamic cultures, wealthy cities like Timbuktu, and powerful centralized governments before smaller states emerged. These empires were centers of learning, art, and distinct governance, with oral traditions preserving much of their history…”
#mapping #historicmaps #Africa #WestAfrica #Medieval #cartography #empires #kingdom #Ghana #Mali #Songhai #trading #traderoutes #Sahara #gold #salt #Timbuktu #history
@AmericanGeographicalSociety

Mapping Medieval Africa - The Great Kingdoms of the West
--
https://ubiqueags.org/the-ags-globe-mapping-medieval-africa-the-great-kingdoms-of-the-west/ <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/medieval-west-africa-history-facts/ <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-West-Africa-Nehemia-Levtzion/dp/1558763058# <-- shared link to book
--
H/T #AmericanGeographicalSociety
“Medieval West Africa was dominated by three great empires - Ghana, Mali, and Songhai - that grew immensely powerful from the trans-Saharan trade routes, especially for gold and salt, fostering vibrant Islamic cultures, wealthy cities like Timbuktu, and powerful centralized governments before smaller states emerged. These empires were centers of learning, art, and distinct governance, with oral traditions preserving much of their history…”
#mapping #historicmaps #Africa #WestAfrica #Medieval #cartography #empires #kingdom #Ghana #Mali #Songhai #trading #traderoutes #Sahara #gold #salt #Timbuktu #history
@AmericanGeographicalSociety

Mapping Medieval Africa - The Great Kingdoms of the West
--
https://ubiqueags.org/the-ags-globe-mapping-medieval-africa-the-great-kingdoms-of-the-west/ <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/medieval-west-africa-history-facts/ <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-West-Africa-Nehemia-Levtzion/dp/1558763058# <-- shared link to book
--
H/T #AmericanGeographicalSociety
“Medieval West Africa was dominated by three great empires - Ghana, Mali, and Songhai - that grew immensely powerful from the trans-Saharan trade routes, especially for gold and salt, fostering vibrant Islamic cultures, wealthy cities like Timbuktu, and powerful centralized governments before smaller states emerged. These empires were centers of learning, art, and distinct governance, with oral traditions preserving much of their history…”
#mapping #historicmaps #Africa #WestAfrica #Medieval #cartography #empires #kingdom #Ghana #Mali #Songhai #trading #traderoutes #Sahara #gold #salt #Timbuktu #history
@AmericanGeographicalSociety

Mapping Medieval Africa - The Great Kingdoms of the West
--
https://ubiqueags.org/the-ags-globe-mapping-medieval-africa-the-great-kingdoms-of-the-west/ <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/medieval-west-africa-history-facts/ <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-West-Africa-Nehemia-Levtzion/dp/1558763058# <-- shared link to book
--
H/T #AmericanGeographicalSociety
“Medieval West Africa was dominated by three great empires - Ghana, Mali, and Songhai - that grew immensely powerful from the trans-Saharan trade routes, especially for gold and salt, fostering vibrant Islamic cultures, wealthy cities like Timbuktu, and powerful centralized governments before smaller states emerged. These empires were centers of learning, art, and distinct governance, with oral traditions preserving much of their history…”
#mapping #historicmaps #Africa #WestAfrica #Medieval #cartography #empires #kingdom #Ghana #Mali #Songhai #trading #traderoutes #Sahara #gold #salt #Timbuktu #history
@AmericanGeographicalSociety

Mapping Medieval Africa - The Great Kingdoms of the West
--
https://ubiqueags.org/the-ags-globe-mapping-medieval-africa-the-great-kingdoms-of-the-west/ <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/medieval-west-africa-history-facts/ <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-West-Africa-Nehemia-Levtzion/dp/1558763058# <-- shared link to book
--
H/T #AmericanGeographicalSociety
“Medieval West Africa was dominated by three great empires - Ghana, Mali, and Songhai - that grew immensely powerful from the trans-Saharan trade routes, especially for gold and salt, fostering vibrant Islamic cultures, wealthy cities like Timbuktu, and powerful centralized governments before smaller states emerged. These empires were centers of learning, art, and distinct governance, with oral traditions preserving much of their history…”
#mapping #historicmaps #Africa #WestAfrica #Medieval #cartography #empires #kingdom #Ghana #Mali #Songhai #trading #traderoutes #Sahara #gold #salt #Timbuktu #history
@AmericanGeographicalSociety

Associated Press: Timbuktu’s famed manuscripts escaped al-Qaida but the threat remains. “Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé risked his life to smuggle tens of thousands of fragile manuscripts out of Timbuktu as al-Qaida -linked extremists swept into the desert town.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/17/associated-press-timbuktus-famed-manuscripts-escaped-al-qaida-but-the-threat-remains/

Manuscript page from Timbuktu, Mali, 1731 AD

https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/1472308/manuscript-page-from-timbuktu-mali-1731-ad

Timbuktu celebrating the 20th anniversary of the album "Alla Vill Till Himmelen Men Ingen Vill Dö". The event also included a film screening followed by a beautiful talk.

#TheRapperTimbuktu #Timbuktu #JasonDiakite #Mosebacke #SödraTeatern #Stockholm #LiveMusic #hiphop

In Timbuktu haben Menschen über 400.000 alte Manuskripte vor dem IS gerettet – zu Fuß, mit Eseln, unter Lebensgefahr.
👉 Die ganze Geschichte hier:
🔗 https://www.miss-jones.de/2018/08/24/die-buecherschmuggler-von-timbuktu-ein-lesetipp/
#Timbuktu #Kulturgutschutz #Lesetipp #Bücherschmuggler #Mut #Mali #Bücherrettung #Widerstand #Kultur #Erinnerung

Här är något ni kanske finner nöje i:

En konsert med Sofi Hellborg, Timbuktu och Tony Allen som sändes för snart 20 år sedan på Svt.

https://youtu.be/4bvvzDSLpLY

Hoppas ni får en fin fredag.

#sofihellborg #timbuktu #tonyallen #kulturmejeriet #fredag #konsert

🚀 Breaking news: #GrapheneOS now lets you pretend you're in #Timbuktu without actually going there! Meanwhile, #Mastodon users are reminded to turn on JavaScript—because who needs security on a "privacy-focused" OS anyway? 🤦‍♂️
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114099185285864069 #JavaScript #privacy #HackerNews #ngated

Saving science and scholarship from marauders

I just finished Joshua Hammer's _Bad-Ass Librarians_. It recounts the complex and dangerous effort to gather hundreds of thousands of handwritten manuscripts from private homes around #Timbuktu, where they were in danger from rot and termites, to collect and repair them in the Ahmed Baba Institute (in Timbuktu, funded by #Kuwait), to evacuate them surreptitiously to prevent their destruction in the 2012-2013 #AlQuaeda invasion of northern #Mali, and finally to ensure their safe return to Institute. Plus, great title.

Recommended, partly for the history (new to me) of the medieval golden age of #Muslim science and scholarship in northwest #Africa, centered in Timbuktu, and partly for the example of a small band of Malian librarians to save their cultural heritage.

Of course there are also ominous parallels to current news.

#Librarians #Libraries

TBR Pile: 2025 Fiction Preview -

What are the novels I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!

https://youtube.com/shorts/u6DexbBW-Mc

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #2025preview #tbr2025 #fiction #umbertoeco #baudolino #milankundera #paulauster #timbuktu #harukimurakami #thesympathizer #vietthanhnguyen #hankang #thevegetarian #howbeautifulwewere #mohsinhamid #simonjimenez #marlonjames #harlanellison #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #dondelillo

TBR Pile: 2025 Fiction Preview -

What are the novels I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!

https://youtube.com/shorts/u6DexbBW-Mc

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #2025preview #tbr2025 #fiction #umbertoeco #baudolino #milankundera #paulauster #timbuktu #harukimurakami #thesympathizer #vietthanhnguyen #hankang #thevegetarian #howbeautifulwewere #mohsinhamid #simonjimenez #marlonjames #harlanellison #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #dondelillo

TBR Pile: 2025 Fiction Preview -

What are the novels I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!

https://youtube.com/shorts/u6DexbBW-Mc

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #2025preview #tbr2025 #fiction #umbertoeco #baudolino #milankundera #paulauster #timbuktu #harukimurakami #thesympathizer #vietthanhnguyen #hankang #thevegetarian #howbeautifulwewere #mohsinhamid #simonjimenez #marlonjames #harlanellison #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #dondelillo

TBR Pile: 2025 Fiction Preview -

What are the novels I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!

https://youtube.com/shorts/u6DexbBW-Mc

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #2025preview #tbr2025 #fiction #umbertoeco #baudolino #milankundera #paulauster #timbuktu #harukimurakami #thesympathizer #vietthanhnguyen #hankang #thevegetarian #howbeautifulwewere #mohsinhamid #simonjimenez #marlonjames #harlanellison #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #dondelillo

TBR Pile: 2025 Fiction Preview -

What are the novels I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!

https://youtube.com/shorts/u6DexbBW-Mc

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #2025preview #tbr2025 #fiction #umbertoeco #baudolino #milankundera #paulauster #timbuktu #harukimurakami #thesympathizer #vietthanhnguyen #hankang #thevegetarian #howbeautifulwewere #mohsinhamid #simonjimenez #marlonjames #harlanellison #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #dondelillo

The ICC has sentenced the former head of the Islamic police in #Mali 's historic city of #Timbuktu to 10 years in prison for war crimes
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6kp9756l2o
#AnsarDine

@DosFox The nice part besides remote UI work with Timbuktu is that you can easily transfer files between Windows and Mac hosts with a 2pane window, without any file services setup.

#timbuktu #mac68k #Retrocomputing

Oscar-Nominated ‘Timbuktu’ Director Abderrahmane Sissako on Being ‘Free to Dream’ in Berlin Competition Romantic Drama ‘Black Tea’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AbderrahmaneSissako #BerlinFilmFestival #Timbuktu

https://variety.com/2024/film/global/berlin-abderrahmane-sissako-black-tea-1235907220/

Die Bücherschmuggler von #Timbuktu sind für mich echte Helden. Und der #Buchtipp, den ich heute für euch habe, ist wirklich absolut lesenswert. Eine wahre #Geschichte, über ein fast unbekanntes afrikanisches #Kulturerbe, und seine Beschützer:

https://www.miss-jones.de/2018/08/24/die-buecherschmuggler-von-timbuktu-ein-lesetipp/

The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu
The Quest for the Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures

Two tales of a city: The historical race to reach one of the world's most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend.

@bookstodon
#Timbuktu
#manuscripts
#libraries

Dieses Buch hat in meinem Kopf einen nachhaltigen Eindruck hinterlassen.

Es geht darum, wie die Einwohner Timbuktus ihren einzigartigen kulturellen Schatz vor dem IS gerettet haben. Die ältesten Bibliotheken Afrikas haben sie heimlich aus der Stadt geschmuggelt. Es ist sooooo Lesenswert: (Buchtipp: https://www.miss-jones.de/2018/08/24/die-buecherschmuggler-von-timbuktu-ein-lesetipp/)
Und ich bin so traurig, dass sich diese Region einfach nicht beruhigt. Denn ich Träume davon, #Timbuktu eines Tages selbst zu sehen.

https://youtu.be/1aKFhrxmW6Y

La meva #CançóDelDia per al dilluns 31 de juliol és aquesta de l'#AliFarkaTouré #Timbuktu #Folk #Blues 🏴 !