The hidden treasures of Timbuktu
Subtitle: historic city of Islamic Africa, with 193 colour illustrations
By: John O. Hunwick and Alida Jay Boye ; photography by Joseph Hunwick.
Contributors: Boye, Alida Jay.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780500514214
Subjects: Learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou -- History; Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou; Tombouctou (Mali) -- History; Tombouctou (Mali) -- Civilization; Tombouctou (Mali) -- Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-164) and index.
Table of contents: title: Plates I: The setting; title: Timbuktu: where the camel meets the canoe; title: Plates II: Portraits; title: Timbuktu: a sanctuary for scholars; title: Plates III: Manuscripts; title: Timbuktu: scholars and libraries past and present.