Timbuktu’s Manuscripts Need Money
Via Arab Literature (in English):
Crowdfunding for Timbuktu’s Manuscripts
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Diakite told Star Africa: “The purpose of the crowdfunding effort is to ensure the preservation of the physical integrity of the manuscripts. Each one of them needs to be put in special boxes equipped with a system against humidity. Rain[y] season will begin soon in Mali, the preservation action is thus of the utmost urgency. The crowdfunding campaign that has been launched on the 21st of May, 2013, and is due to end on the 20th of June[.]“
See more:
Star Africa: YOU can save the Timbuktu manuscripts: interview
IndieGoGo: Timbuktu Libraries in Exile
Also: On June 13, Arab Literature (in English) published an update & questioning on & of this post, which you can read here.