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Middle East · TimbuktuFathi Al-Sayeh wrote: Ahmed Al-Muslimani, head of the National Media Authority, said: The state of Mali did not begin with independence in 1960, but rather has an ancient civilization and a rich history. While Europe was suffering the harshness of the Middle Ages and striving to escape it, Timbuktu was a major cultural capital in the fourteenth century... the era of the golden kings...
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Al-Muslimani in Mali: Civilizational Security for the Islamic World Begins in Timbuktu - Al-Alam Al-Youm

Timbuktu · TimbuktuDr Lamins Janneh It is often said that history is written by the victors. But for Africa, much of its story has been deliberately unwritten. In the dominant global narrative, the origins of formal education are typically traced to European institutions such as Oxford and Bologna, with scant or no recognition of African scholarly systems that predate them by centuries. Yet when we examine the full arc of human civilisation, Africa emerges not as …Read Article
Africa, The Cradle Of World Scholarship: A Personal Encounter With Inherited Wisdom – The Standard Newspaper

Timbuktu · TimbuktuPlucky Jim heads to Timbuktu Mon, 14/07/2025 - 13:53 JONCARTER Mon, 14/07/2025 - 13:53 Having spent almost three weeks in the hills above Montpellier, Jim followed fellow-Cuckoo Wingston and headed south along a remarkably similar flightpath. Having crossed the Mediterranean, he arrived in Algeria close to the coastal town of Ténès and proceeded south with determination. He crossed the border into Mali, and our last signal shows him to be around…Read Article