Primary Sources: Medieval and Renaissance Periods: Africa

"...features 32 manuscripts from the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library and the Library of Cheick Zayni Baye of Boujbeha, both in Timbuktu, Mali. The manuscripts presented online are displayed in their entirety and are an exemplary grouping that showcase the wide variety of subjects covered by the written traditions of Timbuktu, Mali, and West Africa."

"Explore 40,000 manuscripts guarded by Dr. Abdel Kader Haidara and SAVAMA-DCI, showcasing Africa’s greatest written legacy."

"... documentary evidence from Nubia itself: the letters, land sales, inscriptions and other texts written by Nubians, for Nubians. More specifically, the emphasis is on paper and leather manuscript documents written in Old Nubian, the indigenous language of the Nubian people in the medieval period. Nonetheless, many documents and inscriptions written in Greek, Coptic and Arabic will also appear in this collection in its final form."