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October 05, 2005: Timbuktu Manuscript Treasures on Display in South Africa
"Johannesburg - Ancient manuscripts from Africa's desert north, appearing in public for the first time, have gone on display in Johannesburg after South African President Thabo Mbeki launched an appeal for funds to save a vital element of African cultural history.
The manuscripts are from the National Ahmed Baba Centre for Documentation and Research in Timbuktu in Mali, which was once an important cultural crossroads that attracted scholars from far afield in the African and Arab worlds."
