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Author : Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031348249
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Timbuktu Unbound written by Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lesley Cowling
Publisher : Wits University Press
ISBN 13 : 1776145933
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)
Download or read book Babel Unbound written by Lesley Cowling and published by Wits University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely, original and sophisticated collection, writers from the Global South demonstrate that forms of publicness are multiple, mobile and varied. The notion that societies mediate issues through certain kinds of engagement is at the heart of imaginings of democracy and often centers on the ideal of the public sphere. But this imagined foundation of how we live collectively appears to have suffered a dramatic collapse across the world, with many democracies apparently unable to solve problems through talk – or even to agree on who speaks, in what ways and where. In the 10 essays in this timely, original and sophisticated collection, writers from southern Africa combine theoretical analysis with the examination of historical cases and contemporary developments to demonstrate that forms of publicness are multiple, mobile and varied. They propose new concepts and methodologies to analyse how public engagements work in society. Babel Unbound examines charged examples from the Global South, such as the centuries old Timbuktu archive, Nelson Mandela as a powerful absent presence in 1960s public life, and the challenges to the terms of contemporary debate around the student activism of #rhodesmustfall and #feesmustfall. These show how issues of public discussion span both archive and media, verbal debates in formal spaces and visual performances that circulate in unpredictable ways.
Author : Ousmane Oumar Kane
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1847012310
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Islamic Scholarship in Africa written by Ousmane Oumar Kane and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting-edge research in the study of Islamic scholarship and its impact on the religious, political, economic and cultural history of Africa; bridges the europhone/non-europhone knowledge divides to significantly advance decolonial thinking, and extend the frontiers of social science research in Africa.
Author : Chris Berggren
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440163642
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Somewhere in the Sand written by Chris Berggren and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris and his fellow adventurers are back from a wild, four-month stretch of world travel. Together, they climbed Mount Sinai, rode donkeys through the Valley of Kings, and partied every step of the way. The young men have become addicted to travel, and it isn't long before they are plotting their next trip this time to Timbuktu, a place of seemingly mythical proportions in the West African country of Mali. Before long, their group gets larger in number, and soon, a small army of nine is making plans to head to Africa. They don't know what to expect, but then again, they don't care. Once in Africa, they will need to navigate the desert, deal with corrupt officials, and stomach extreme images of hardship and poverty. Along the way, they find quite a bit of adventure but also quite a bit of trouble. Through it all, this group of adventure junkies finds out that the perfect place to quench their thirst for excitement is Somewhere in the Sand.
Author : Shamil Jeppie
Publisher : HSRC Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Meanings of Timbuktu written by Shamil Jeppie and published by HSRC Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salt comes from the north, gold from the south, but the word of God and the treasures of wisdom are only to be found in Timbuktu." 15th-century Malian proverb. In a joint project between South Africa and Mali, a library to preserve more than 200 000 Arabic and West African manuscripts dating from the 13th to the 19th centuries is currently under construction. It is the first official cultural project of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), the socio-economic development plan of the African Union, and when the library is built, the cultural role of Timbuktu will be revived, as it becomes the safehaven for the treasured manuscripts. The manuscripts prove that Africa had a rich legacy of written history, long before western colonisers set foot on the continent. This volume, authored by leading international scholars, begins to sketch the 'meaning' of Timbuktu within the context of the intellectual history of West Africa, in particular, and of the African continent, in general. The book covers four broad areas: Part I provides an introduction to the region; outlines what archaeology can tell us of its history, examines the paper and various calligraphic styles used in the manuscripts; and explains how ancient institutions of scholarship functioned. Part II begins to analyse what the manuscripts can tell us of African history. Part III offers insight into the lives and works of just a few of the many scholars who achieved renown in the region and beyond. Part IV provides a glimpse into Timbuktu's libraries and private collections. Part V looks at the written legacy of the eastern half of Africa, which like that of the western region, is often ignored. A fascinating read for anyone who wishes to gain an understanding of the aura of mystique and legend that surrounds Timbuktu. The Meanings of Timbuktu strives to contextualise and clarify the importance of efforts to preserve Timbuktu's manuscripts for Mali, for Africa and for the intellectual world."--Abstract
Author : Bettina Selby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Frail Dream of Timbuktu written by Bettina Selby and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott Reese
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047413342
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book The Transmission of Learning in Islamic Africa written by Scott Reese and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of essays this collected volume challenges much of the conventional wisdom regarding the intellectual history of Muslim Africa. Ranging from the libraries of Early Modern Mauritania and Timbuktu to mosque lectures in contemporary Mombasa the contributors to this collection overturn many commonly accepted assumptions about Africa's Muslim learned classes. Rather than isolated, backward and out of touch, the essays in this volume reveal Muslim intellectuals as not only well aware of the intellectual currents of the wider Islamic world but also caring deeply about the issues facing their communities.
Author : Peter Marber
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317291344
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Liberal Arts in the Global Age written by Peter Marber and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced and developing countries across the globe are embracing the liberal arts approach in higher education to foster more innovative human capital to compete in the global economy. Even as interest in the tradition expands outside the United States, can the democratic philosophy underlying the liberal arts tradition be sustained? Can developing countries operating under heavy authoritarian systems cultivate schools predicated on open discussion and debate? Can entrenched specialist systems in Europe and Asia successfully adopt the multidisciplinary liberal arts model? These are some of the questions put to leading scholars and senior higher education practitioners within this edited collection. Beginning with historical context, international contributors explore the contours of liberal arts education amid public calls for change in the United States, the growing global interest in the approach outside the United States, as well as the potential of liberal arts philosophy in a global knowledge economy.
Author : Anthony Daniels
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780099958307
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (583 download)
Download or read book Zanzibar to Timbuktu written by Anthony Daniels and published by Arrow. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graziano Krätli
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004187421
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Trans-Saharan Book Trade written by Graziano Krätli and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerned with the history of scholarly production, book markets and trans-Saharan exchanges in Muslim African (primarily western and northern Africa), as well as the creation of manuscript libraries, this book consists of a collection of twelve essays that examine these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : Joshua Hammer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476777403
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu written by Joshua Hammer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Qaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
Author : John O Hunwick
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu written by John O Hunwick and published by Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary manuscripts of Timbuktu: invaluable historical documents, objects of tremendous beauty, and a testament to a great center of learning and civilization. For centuries, trading caravans made epic journeys across the Saharan sands to reach the markets of the legendary city of Timbuktu, where they traded salt, gold, slaves, textiles—and books. By the mid-fifteenth century, Timbuktu had become a major center of Islamic literary culture and scholarship. The city's libraries were repositories of all the world's learning, housing not only works by Arab and Islamic writers but also volumes from the classical Greek and Roman worlds and studies by contemporary scholars. The astonishing manuscripts of Timbuktu form the lavish visual heart of this book. Beautifully graphic, occasionally decorated, these exquisite artifacts reveal great craftsmanship as well as learning. All were written in the Arabic script, but not all are in Arabic, for they also feature a range of local African languages. Aside from scholarly works, the surviving manuscripts include a wealth of correspondence between rulers, advisers, and merchants on subjects as various as taxation, commerce, marriage, divorce, adoption, breastfeeding, and prostitution, providing a vivid insight into the ordinary life and values of the day.
Author : Simon Eliot
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119018218
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Companion to the History of the Book written by Simon Eliot and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebrated text on the history of the book, completely revised, updated and expanded The revised and updated edition of The Companion to the History of the Book offers a global survey of the book’s history, through print and electronic text. Already well established as a standard survey of the historiography of the book, this new, expanded edition draws on a decade of advanced scholarship to present current research on paper, printing, binding, scientific publishing, the history of maps, music and print, the profession of authorship and lexicography. The text explores the many approaches to the book from the early clay tablets of Sumer, Assyria and Babylonia to today’s burgeoning electronic devices. The expert contributions delve into such fascinating topics as archives and paperwork, and present new chapters on Arabic script, the Slavic, Canadian, African and Australasian book, new textual technologies, and much more. Containing a wealth of illustrative examples and case studies to dramatize the exciting history of the book, the text is designed for academics, students and anyone interested in the subject.
Author : John Shors
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101544066
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Cross Currents written by John Shors and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thailand's pristine Ko Phi Phi island attracts tourists from around the world. There, struggling to make ends meet, small-resort owners Lek and Sarai are happy to give an American named Patch room and board in exchange for his help. But when Patch's brother, Ryan, arrives, accompanied by his girlfriend, Brooke, Lek learns that Patch is running from the law, and his presence puts Lek's family at risk. Meanwhile, Brooke begins to doubt her love for Ryan while her feelings for Patch blossom. In a landscape where nature's bounty seems endless, these two families are swept up in an approaching cataclysm that will require all their strength of heart and soul to survive...
Author : J. Procter
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137276401
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Reading Across Worlds written by J. Procter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining sustained empirical analysis of reading group conversations with four case studies of classic and contemporary novels: Things Fall Apart, White Teeth, Brick Lane and Small Island, this book pursues what can be gained through a comparative approach to reading and readerships.
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Total Pages : 1216 pages
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