The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
Hammer, Joshua2016
Books
Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.
97814767774059781476777412
025.82096623
English
Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- TombouctouManuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- TombouctouCultural property -- Protection -- MaliIslamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- TombouctouLibrarians -- Mali -- TombouctouMali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage
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Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 025.82096623 HAM | Available |