Title: Libraries of Timbuktu for the preservation & promotion of African literary heritage

Authors: Boye, Alida Jay

Place: Oslo

Publisher: University of Oslo. Centre for development and the environment. Timbuktu manuscripts project

Year: cop. 2000-

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Subject: Culture for Development Directory

Keywords: libraries, cultural heritage, document preservation, mali

Abstract: This website gives information on the Timbuktu Libraries Project. The ultimate goal of this project is to preserve and promote wide access to the invaluable cultural and literary heritage held in both public and private collections of manuscripts in the Timbuktu area.

URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/african/ALN124/124kuntz.html

Document type: Portal