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The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu
The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu
and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
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Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of desctuction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
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Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
Libraries — Destruction and pillage — Mali — Tombouctou.
Manuscripts, Arabic — Mali — Tombouctou.
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