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Alkanis Cissé reads theological manuscripts from the 13th century at the Ahmed Baba Centre for Islamic learning. About 4 000 ancient scripts were burned by radical religious militants in 2012.
TIMBUKTU MANUSCRIPTS

Scroll smugglers: How Timbuktu’s secret treasures were saved

Never mind the danger or the politics, rescuing the manuscripts was all that mattered.

  • Charlie English
22 min read
The rebels in Mali have not realised that their biggest weapon is that which they seek to destroy.
MALI

Opinion: When culture is the enemy

There is no way in which you can ever deliver freedom to anyone only to restrict their expression of that freedom, writes Mpho Matheolane.

  • Mpho Moshe Matheolane
3 min read