The history of a great crossroads for ideas and industry is recorded in the ancient manuscripts of Mali, says Christopher Reardon, a freelance writer. As many as a million of the manuscripts survive, ...

The preservationists of Timbuktu’s centuries-old artifacts have been holding their breath for weeks, waiting for the moment when the French military would seize back Mali’s ancient northern capital ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract When combined, evidence from oral tradition, Arabic texts and archaeological sites indicates that ancient Mali's seat of government changed ...

Western education regularly overlooks these monarchs, but theGrio never will. Meet the African kings who deserve recognition. If you leave the telling of your story to others, you’ll miss the truth.

Thousands of ancient manuscripts have been returned to Mali's historic city of Timbuktu. The Malian government hastily evacuated the priceless documents to the capital, Bamako, after al-Qaeda-linked ...

The three members of Malian group Trio Da Kali aren’t just powerful, versatile musicians. They’re also branches on the ancient family tree of the West African keepers of tradition and memory, called ...

Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara assembles a tremendous collection of cultural heritage, spanning 1,300 years between the pre-Islamic period and the 19th century. The Sahel, which ...