The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu (movie)

The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu (movie)

  • User score: 5.2
  • Production country: US
  • Production companies: BBC
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 2/12/2009
  • Run time: 60 min.

Movie description

Aminatta Forna tells the story of legendary Timbuktu and its long hidden legacy of hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts. With its university founded around the same time as Oxford, Timbuktu is proof that the reading and writing of books have long been as important to Africans as to Europeans.

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Aminatta Forna

Aminatta Forna

Role(s): Presenter

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