The Manuscripts of Timbuktu (2009)

Name: The Manuscripts of Timbuktu
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-10-08T16:38:41+02:00

Documentary | 74 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 74 minuten

Country: South Africa

Directed by: Zola Maseko

IMDb score: 7,2 (8)

Releasedate: 1 January 2009

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The Manuscripts of Timbuktu plot

In African Mali, the legendary desert city of Tombouctou (Timbuktu), has been a center of trade, religion and knowledge for centuries. Tombouctou was way ahead of its time, until colonization took place. Various historians, imams and connoisseurs of the ancient Tombouctou manuscripts tell the special history of this magical African city.