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 http://www.fordfound.org/publications/ff_report/view_ff_report_detail.cfm?report_index=432 Many thanks to you all, sidibeh いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい