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The Timbuktu Manuscripts That Reveal Africa's Lost History
When Mamma Haidara's library in Timbuktu was threatened by jihadists in 2012, a secret operation smuggled hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts to safety. But what are these documents, really? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the astonishing range of Timbuktu's manuscript tradition: from legal fatwas on slavery to poetry, astronomy, medicine, and mathematics. They discuss the Tarikh al-Sudan and Tarikh al-Fattash, the chronicles that preserve the Songhai Empire's history; the Mi'raj al-Su'ud which debated the ethics of enslavement; and the ijaza system…
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