Immerse yourself in 40,000+ digitized pages of the Timbuktu manuscripts
From the ancient libraries of the Sahara
Astronomy
Ethics
Slavery
Islamic Jurisprudence
Storytelling
Education
Good Character
History
Medicine
Maths
Good Governance
Poems for Peace
The Foundation of Timbuktu
Tolerance in Islam
Travels & Geography
Africa's Greatest Written Legacy
https://artsandculture.google.com/project/mali-heritage
Timbuktu, Mali
Timbuktu Manuscripts
Ancient Manuscripts showcase the civilization of West Africans during the Middle Ages.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ANCIENT manuscripts have been collected in Timbuktu, Mali, the legendary city founded as a commercial center in West Africa 900 years ago.
Hidden in cellars or buried, hid between the mosque’s mud walls and safeguarded by their patrons, many of these manuscripts survived the city’s decline. They now form the collection of several libraries in Timbuktu, which hold up to 700,000 manuscripts. Some were written in the town itself, others (including exclusive copies of the Qur’an for wealthy families) were imported through the lively book trade.
Timbuktu was once a flourishing center of Saharan trade, and the home of a prestigious university, l’Université de Sankoré de Tombouctou, believed to be one of the first in the world. It was known, at its peak, as a city of books.
The manuscripts are written in various styles of the Arabic script and date back to as early as the 13th century. These styles were developed in Timbuktu and the surrounding regions of Mali and West Africa.
Timbuktu’s fortunes came crashing down at the end of the 16th century as trade routes shifted, and by the Victorian era it had become a lonely desert outpost.
The largest single collection of manuscripts in Timbuktu - about 18,000 of them - is housed at the Ahmed Baba Institute. The rest are scattered throughout the city’s many private libraries and collections (like the Imam Essayouti, Al Aquib, and Al Wangara manuscript libraries).
They have suffered the ravages of time, but are at risk, particularly from Mali’s rainy season.
Digital images of the manuscripts were donated by Abdel Kader Haidara, owner and director of the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library. The Library of Congress will include additional manuscripts in the future as new digital images are received. An exhibit of items from the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library is available at the Library of Congress.
Started in 2008 as a part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme and a NEPAD Cultural Project, the Timbuktu Manuscripts Project aims to catalogue and preserve the works.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/timbuktu-manuscripts-mali
>https://q4kids.org/
>https://q4kids.org/donor/john-barbara-Rumpel/
CAP
>Appears to be separate from https://theqfoundation.org/
>Order of Quetzalcoatl
>has been running for the NRA Board of Directors
>https://apnews.com/article/washington-virginia-maryland-loud-boom-crash-military-jet-biden-joint-base-andrews-7116356c23f2ade0d6c842159e261f1b
AP story doesn't mentioning NRA, at all!
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WaPo has the story.
The Rumpels' daughter, grandchild, and nanny were on board.
8:00 PM · Jun 4, 2023
https://twitter.com/BloodBrief/status/1665508908490973185
Debbie PatriQt
Report is the person who owns crashed Cessna, is Barbara Rumpel. Furthermore, it states that "a woman by the same name is also on the NRA board."
Same name = UNCONFIRMED
Definitely suspicious as the DS have been YELLING about guns and WEAR YOUR ORANGE=🍊🍊🍊 coms on 6.2!
The Gateway Pundit
New Details Emerge About The Plane That Crashed In Virginia, Shortly After Sonic Boom https://thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/new-details-emerge-about-plane-that-crashed-virginia/
8:04 PM · Jun 4, 2023
https://twitter.com/Back4TheStorm/status/1665509960770306048/photo/1
Barbara Rumpel: An Eye for Adventure
Barbara Rumpel’s adventurous spirit led her to her husband, her love of shooting sports and her commitment to defending the Second Amendment. She and her husband are generous supporters of the NRA Whittington Center as Charter Patriot members.
https://www.nrawlf.org/our-members/barbara-rumpel/
on twitter, Barbara Rumpel mostly just reTweets the NRA.
https://twitter.com/Barbara4NRA2A
>https://www.nrawlf.org/our-members/barbara-rumpel/
NRA Video: Barbara Rumpel: An Eye for Adventure
mp4 attached
posted as those documentions were mentioned near the end of this 10-min video I watched the other day.
Mansa Musa and the Mali Empire
ROBERT SEPEHR
40,777 views Premiered Jun 1, 2023
Mansa Musa was the most famous ruler of the Mali Empire, and at its height, it spanned from the Atlantic Coast to central parts of the Sahara desert. Considered on of the richest men that ever lived, what is the true story behind his African kingdom?
https://youtu.be/X7j-CFZoTTQ
>>18952958 Graphic: Castle_Rock
^^NOTALBE^^