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The Timbuktu Manuscripts Now

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Center for African Studies; The School of Information Sciences
Date
Apr 5, 2022   2:00 pm  
Contact
Terri Gitler
E-Mail
tgitler@illinois.edu
Phone
217-265-5016
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Originating Calendar
African studies - Outreach Calendar

This event will be held in person in Room 242 of the Information Sciences Building (501 E. Daniel St., C).

and by Zoom.

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Paul Naylor, Ali Diakite (Hill Museum, Minnesota): Hiding in Plain Sight—Truly Local Knowledge in the Libraries of Timbuktu

Mohamed Diagayete (Ahmed Baba Institute, Mali): The Recent Works of the Ahmed Baba Institute
Charles Stewart (UIUC): Reworking the ‘Core Curriculum’ in Islamic West Africa”
Discussants:
Bruce Hall (UC Berkeley); Mauro Nobili (UIUC)

 

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