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Around 1400 CE, an African scholar named al-Kabari, based in Timbuktu, penned what may be the oldest surviving text written by an indigenous West African in any language. This talk—about al-Kabari and his surviving manuscript - will explore the ontological and epistemological universe of the Niger Bend in the 14-15th centuries.
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