Thanks for the links, Momodou,

I read your last mail before reading this one……

I haven't received any Listserv mail since my first and last posting and I observe that since I joined, discussions have never been standing still, so we must be in the doldrums just now or my words have been misinterpreted and I have been taken off the list?
The “donkey” business was part of an exchange of fire between warring parties on Bantaba – and here too I am aware that it’s a no-no……..

The whole idea of “Aliens” needs looking into……..


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> From: Momodou S Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2006/11/13 må PM 12:02:38 CET
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Ämne: Re: Libraries in the Sand Reveal Africa's Academic Past
> 
> Sister Jabou Joh, Cornelius Hammelberg,
> 
> Please find below a couple of links to some sites that may shed more light
> on the issue of the Timbuktu Manuscripts. One of them is an online
> exhibition where texts referring to subjects as diverse as medicine and
> politics are displayed. The general effort to preserve these texts dates
> back a couple of years now, with quite a number of scholars, both African
> and American, involved in different aspects of the enterprise.
> 
> 
> http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/mali-exhibit.html
> 
> 
> http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/september/timbuktu.htm
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> http://www.fordfound.org/publications/ff_report/view_ff_report_detail.cfm?report_index=432
> 
>  Many thanks to you all,
> sidibeh
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