The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts - The Arts Fuse

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

Book Review: The Librarians of Timbuktu — Action Heroes for Cultural Preservation

June 23, 2016

Posted in Books, Featured, Review

Former Newsweek bureau chief Joshua Hammer has documented a timely story of cultural heroism.

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