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Mali: Mission to preserve Timbuktu texts almost complete
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November 6, 2018
Abiodun Ogundairo
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For five years, the organization Savama DCI has been working to digitalize and preserve ancient Islamic texts which fell into the hands of extremists in Timbuktu. After much painstaking effort, they're now 90 percent through with their mission.
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