"Everyone in Timbuktu heard the shots," he said quietly ... the first documentary evidence of democracy being practiced in Africa, a letter from an emissary to the sheikh of Masina.

Timbuktu is an ancient city in West Africa, south of the formidable Saharan desert. And by ancient, I mean ancient: there’s ...

Home of the prestigious Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas, Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and ...

Timbuktu was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1988 for its Outstanding Universal Value as an African intellectual and spiritual capital in the 15th and 16th centuries. Among its treasures were ...

Timbuktu was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1988 under criteria (ii), (iv) and (v) due to its outstanding universal value as an African intellectual and spiritual capital in the 15th and 16th ...

Many African kingdoms, including Benin and Kongo ... expanding into the important trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao. Mali became famous for its trade in gold and the empire became incredibly ...

Sangaré burst on to the African music scene more than 30 years ... and which would not have been made had normal life prevailed. Timbuktu will deserve a prominent place on that list.