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“Timbuktu enjoys this reputation as having been a center of learning, particularly a center of Islamic learning in this early period. Saad goes behind that veneer and he looks at the constituent elements that contributed to Timbuktu being this iconic formation. He talks about specific families, particularly the Muhammad Aqit family, and how you see these lines of transmission of authority, erudition and status through these families. He unfolds before us a more intimate story of the lives of the scholars and clerics in Timbuktu.” Read more...
Michael Gomez, Historian
