333 Saints
Subtitle: a life of scholarship in Timbuktu = 333 Saints: l'esprit du savoir à Tombouctou
By: Alexandra Huddleston
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kyoudai Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Santa Fe, NM
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780986043703
Subjects: Pictorial works; Description and travel; Muslims; Books and reading; Islamic religious education
Other titles: 333 Saints: l'esprit du savoir à Tombouctou
Description: "A photographic book that tells a story of discovery: exploring a rich and beautiful African intellectual culture. The book takes the reader to a city that built its identity around a culture of scholarship and a love of books and learning. Timbuktu, at the edge of the vast Sahara Desert, was little known in the West until militant Islamist groups destroyed many of its religious shrines and ancient manuscripts in 2012. This book captures a way of life and learning as it was shortly before the Islamists overran the city. These photographs show a culture of moderate Islam that is under threat: a deeply rooted, ancient Islamic tradition of tolerance, erudition, and faith." --Author's website.
Notes: In English and French.