A collection of medieval manuscripts from Timbuktu that academics hail as proof of an African scholarly tradition go on public show on the continent for the first time on Friday. Subscribe to read ...

Three years ago, when Islamist rebels seized the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako began planning a film about Islamic extremism. As an African Muslim, he says he always ...

Timbuktu conjures up images of long camel caravans out on the edge of the sand-strewn Sahara — a remoteness so legendary that the ancient city is still a byword for the end of the earth. The city ...

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Although most people have heard of “Timbuktu,” many are uncertain whether such a place exists. The name of this city in the West African country of Mali is so wrapped in legend that many people think ...

"Coming from a country that doesn't produce any films and from a continent that produces only a few of them, just taking part in the Oscars race in itself would be an acknowledgement for the whole ...

Abderrahmane Sissako's Cannes 2014 competition entry is the African country's first-ever Oscar nominee. By Gregg Kilday Freelance Contributor The whole incident, says Sissako, “suggests the ...

This is a guest post by Mohamed Jallow, a former interdepartmental associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, and now a program development specialist at IntraHealth International. Mohamed came to ...