Timbuktu: Africa's Forgotten Center of Knowledge — Fexingo History
The Timbuktu Manuscripts' Secret Rescue from al-Mansur — Fexingo History
This episode recounts the secret rescue of Timbuktu's scholarly manuscripts in 1591, as local librarians and scholars hid them from Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur's forces. It details the logistics of the rescue, the role of the Kunta tribe in smuggling texts, and the eventual fate and…