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Islamic Manuscripts from Mali at the Library of Congress

A page from Kashf al-Ghummah fi Nafa al-Ummah (The Important Stars Among the Multitude of the Heavens) Islamic Manuscripts from Mali features 32 manuscripts from the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library and the Library of Cheick Zayni Baye of Boujbeha, both in Timbuktu, Mali. The manuscripts presented online are displayed in their entirety and are an…… Continue reading Islamic Manuscripts from Mali at the Library of Congress

The University of Sankore at Timbuctoo: A Neglected Achievement in Black Intellectual History

If the University of Sankore had not been destroyed; if Professor Ahmad Baba, author of forty historical works, had not had his works and his university destroyed; if the University of Sankore as it was in 1591 had survived the ravage of foreign invasions; the academic and cultural history of Africa might have been different…… Continue reading The University of Sankore at Timbuctoo: A Neglected Achievement in Black Intellectual History

Ahmed Baba – Medieval West African Scholar

If the University of Sankore had not been destroyed; if Professor Ahmad Baba, author of forty historical works, had not had his works and his university destroyed; if the University of Sankore as it was in 1591 had survived the ravage of foreign invasions; the academic and cultural history of Africa might have been different…… Continue reading Ahmed Baba – Medieval West African Scholar

Ahmed Baba: A Scholar of old Africa by John Henrik Clarke

If the University of Sankore had not been destroyed; if Professor Ahmed Baba, author of forty historical works, had not had his works and his university destroyed; if the University of Sankore as it was in 1591 had survived the ravage of foreign invasions; the academic and cultural history of Africa might have been different…… Continue reading Ahmed Baba: A Scholar of old Africa by John Henrik Clarke

Richest person in world history? An African named Mansa Musa I of the Mali Empire

He had a personal net worth of $400 billion!  That makes him the richest person ever in the history of planet earth.  Who was he? The person who we all need to know is none other than Mansa Musa I of Mali.  He was the tenth Mansa or Emperor of the Empire of Mali in West…… Continue reading Richest person in world history? An African named Mansa Musa I of the Mali Empire

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