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Ahmed Baba: Timbuktu's famous scholar

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March 30, 2018

Meet Ahmed Baba, a Timbuktu medieval scholar credited with writing more than 50 books. Baba was one of the senior lecturers at the Sankore University which attracted students from all over the Sahel.

Konstanze Fischer and Philipp Sandner contributed to this article. It is part of the African Roots series, a project done in cooperation with the Gerda Henkel Foundation.

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