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"Traditional guardians, in whose memory the text values are preserved, are the (only) carriers of tradition, but unfortunately they have not long to live. The immense oral cultural heritage must be saved, and must not be allowed to die with the death of the traditional guardians. In Africa, when an old person dies, it is a library that burns.
- Amadou Hampâté

Africa's Manuscripts

Manuscripts from across Africa. Astronomy, medicine, law, poetry, and philosophy from Timbuktu, Sokoto, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zanzibar, and beyond.

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Zanzibari Medical and Pharmacological Compendium

Zanzibari Physicians

Medicine 1880 SW

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Medical text combining Indian Ocean pharmacological knowledge with African, Arabic, and Indian healing traditions, reflecting Zanzibar's cosmopolitan culture....

medicine pharmacology Indian Ocean Zanzibar healing
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Revelation of Genesis. "The lost ages." From Ethiopian manuscripts of an anonymous, in eight volumes

Revelation of Genesis. "The lost ages." From Ethiopian manuscripts of an anonymous, in eight volumes

Rother, Francis. tr

1890

Timbuktu, Mali

Title in Amharic characters at head of t.-p...

Bible
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Writings of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba

Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba (1853–1927)

Theology 1890 AR Translation

Touba, Senegal

Theological and spiritual writings by the founder of the Mouride brotherhood, emphasizing non-violent resistance, education, and the dignity of labor....

theology Mouride Sufism non-violence education
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Writings of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba

Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba (1853–1927)

Theology 1890 AR Translation

Touba, Senegal

Theological writings by the founder of the Mouride brotherhood on non-violence and dignity of labor....

theology Mouride Sufism non-violence education
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Programme de réhabilitation du patrimoine culturel du Mali et sauvegarde des manuscrits anciens : bilan phases 1 & 2 - mars 2019

Programme de réhabilitation du patrimoine culturel du Mali et sauvegarde des manuscrits anciens : bilan phases 1 & 2 - mars 2019

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Manuscript 2019 F

Timbuktu,

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Mali Tombouctou Timbuktu patrimoine mondial World Heritage
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