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Timbuktu's Female Scholars: The Women Who Shaped Sankore
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the overlooked role of women in Timbuktu's scholarly tradition. From Nana Asma'u, the 19th-century Fula poet and teacher who wrote over 60 works in Arabic, Hausa, and Fulfulde, to the female jurists and manuscript collectors of old Timbuktu — including the enigmatic Khadija bint al-Muhammad al-Aqil, whose legal opinions were cited in Tarikh al-Sudan. We also discuss the Timbuktu Women's Association for the Preservation of Manuscripts, a modern group that saved thousands of texts from jihadist destruction in 2012. The episode challenges…
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