There were more than 400 cities in the Niger Delta. Timbuktu became the heart of his empire, the centre of trade and culture. News of wealth and learning spread far and wide. Traders and scholars ...

They created centres of learning and culture at Timbuktu and Djenné. The Kingdom of Benin was founded by the Edo people. It was ruled by the Divine Obas. In 1440, Oba Ewuare turned Benin City ...

Despite its rich cultural heritage, including UNESCO World Heritage sites like Djenné and Timbuktu, Mali faces significant challenges in developing its cultural sector. Limited government funding, ...

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In Ken Prestininzi’s “Timbuktu, USA,” Secretary of State Kelly Kilkenny has spent much of her career in the upper echelons of power, though to some she’s known as the Great Virgin Who Refused.

What is unique about this case is that al-Faqi is charged with the destruction of a global cultural heritage, namely, the mosques and cultural artefacts of Timbuktu, a World Heritage site. This is the ...

The Wealth and Wisdom of Mansa Musa, played by Eric Shropshire: A narrative of Mali’s golden era, with scenes depicting the flourishing libraries of Timbuktu and the transformative power of ...

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Energy-storage devices called capacitors deliver power rapidly, but the amount of energy they can absorb is limited. Deliberately disordered electric dipoles in ‘antiferroelectric’ capacitor ...