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In the fourteenth century, Timbuktu in Mali was a city of scholars. Its mosques and schools drew students who studied law, astronomy, medicine and poetry. Families kept manuscripts for centuries, hiding them in trunks and cellars through times of war. Many thousands survive today and are still being read.
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