Up to 2012, Mali was a poster child of African democracy, despite multiple signs of growing
dissatisfaction with the democratic experiment. Then disaster struck, bringing many of the …

The long southern African past before the advent of European colonialism remains
neglected despite powerful post-apartheid impulses of various kinds for its recovery and …

This article presents an introductory incursion into the field of marginalia—otherwise known
as paratext or annotations—in the West African Arabic manuscript tradition. Marginalia, often …

Esta tese discute a religião islâmica na Senegâmbia, a partir da perspectiva atlântica, entre
os séculos XVI e XVII. Parte-se da questão: como o Islã desenvolveu-se na região? A …

In 2012, the manuscript collections of Timbuktu were feared to be at risk of destruction after
rebel groups overtook the city. Rumours of the burning of the library and the destruction of …

This article aims to discuss Islamic expansion in West Africa during the 16th and 17th
centuries along with carved ivory production. The analysis concerns the Greater …

Este artigo discute as dinâmicas de produção e difusão de ideias islâmicas na Grande
Senegâmbia, nos séculos XVI e XVII. Parte-se da questão: quais foram os fundamentos …

On the morning of 28 January 2013, just before the Franco-Malian recapture or liberation of
Timbuktu after ten months of rebel occupation, 1 the mayor of the city, Hallè Ousmane …

Timbuktu has recently become synonymous with the manuscript legacy of Islamic West
Africa, although an older association of the city with an impossible-to-reach, almost mythical …

Este artigo discute as dinâmicas de produção e difusão de ideias islâmicas na Grande
Senegâmbia, nos séculos XVI e XVII. Parte-se da questão: quais foram os fundamentos …