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Malians Save Hundreds of Thousands of Ancient Timbuktu Manuscripts In Face of Terrorists
The Islamic terrorist group Ansar Dine‘s unexpected takeover of Mali in 2012, threw the once-peaceful country into chaos. But before all would be lost, Dr. Abdel Kader Haidara (pictured) of the Mamma Haidara Manuscript Library and the wider Malian community sprung in to action to save about 355,000 of ancient texts of Timbuktu, which date…
