![]() ![]() ![]() This with the financial support of the European Union, the Spanish cooperation and Unesco. It was especially to examine judiciously the documents resulting from the collective reflection on the questions relating to the preservation, the accessibility, the exploitation and the valorization of the old manuscripts of Mali. On Decemat the Modibo Keita Memorial, a workshop, organized by the Ministry of Handicrafts, Culture, Hotel Industry and Tourism pronounced on the issue. Thus, thousands of manuscripts were saved from looting and destruction. Indeed, this operation was effective thanks to the volunteers Abdelkader Haidara and Stéphanie Diakité. In April 2012, while Tuareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad allied with the Ansar Dine movement and the Islamist terrorist organization Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were rampaging through the scholarly city, the precious heritages were smuggled out to the capital Bamako. PUBLICITÉ / ADVERTISEMENT The urgency of the preservation These authentic texts speak of history, astronomy, music, botany, genealogy, anatomy… So many fields generally despised, even considered as “impious”. ![]() Preserved for centuries in the city of Timbuktu, city of the 33 saints, they are written by scholars from the former empire of Mali in the Arabic language Peulh and some in Haoussa. For the most part, these are documents dating from the period from the 17th to the 19th century. In fact, they are all copies of older works, as well as original local productions. They carry the emblem of African intellectual brains. These documents are one of the oldest known in the Afro-Muslim world. It is important that these living witnesses of African civilization be safeguarded and made safe. “Manuscripts are our diplomas, our identity cards, our witnesses throughout the world,” says Bassam Daghestani in a great lyrical flight. Given the importance of these treasures, abandoning them to looting and degradation will be an unforgivable blunder for Africa and for Mali. However, the Timbuktu manuscripts are one of the living proofs of the fact that Africa is not only a continent with an oral tradition but also a real deposit of writing. Africa has long been considered a continent without history because it does not have a renowned script. ![]()
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