Desert Libraries: A scribe in Mali | Africa Direct Documentary

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  • @lf1496
    @lf1496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I absolutely love Mali and have been intrigued since I was a small child about these Manuscripts. Ancient Mali and their beautiful music is a world treasure. These manuscripts are important to preserve for all of humanity. Thank you so much for this beautiful series on African culture and people. Amazing , Timbuktu is on the top of my bucket list❤️

    • @Greenlightdayglodist
      @Greenlightdayglodist 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Im intrigued by them also i hope that they will translate, transliterate, them from maghribi script arabic into english.

  • @muhammadismaeeljaumeer7755
    @muhammadismaeeljaumeer7755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Now I know and understand the value of copyist. May Allah bless them and grant them an elevated place in Jannah.

  • @thebittertruth5381
    @thebittertruth5381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This man is a vigilant,
    See how he's dedicating
    His time to preserve this
    Manuscripts
    My protect and bless him

  • @gibetts
    @gibetts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I liked this short story. Mali Empire and Songhai Empire’s speak for themselves.

  • @hilili4724
    @hilili4724 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I need to experience the rich history of Mali soon. this was beautifully produced

  • @shannacollins8371
    @shannacollins8371 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Mali is such a cool country.

  • @djamaltanko5121
    @djamaltanko5121 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Africa civilized the world

  • @lezlee3137
    @lezlee3137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    back in the days when knowledge was shared and no intellectual properties, patents or any kind of licensing 😀😋

    • @AaronTurner-wi4bt
      @AaronTurner-wi4bt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Blame your punk azz red neck daddy

  • @cetterus
    @cetterus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Precious. Please cherish the knowledge. No book is made for fire.

  • @sforza209
    @sforza209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The cinematography was fantastic. Wish I was smart enough to understand what that style was called. It was so relaxing to watch. Like you were an invisible observer on the daily comings And goings of someone.

    • @hibye671
      @hibye671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Degdeg thanks for that explanation 👍🏼

  • @humpbacksquarepants5580
    @humpbacksquarepants5580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beautiful Mali 🇲🇱🇲🇱🇲🇱

  • @msaltalola
    @msaltalola 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Maybe the government in Mali should aid these dedicated preservers of knowledge by at least covering their material costs & have them make 2 copies of every text....1 to return to the "holding families" and a 2nd to go into a national library or archive so that it can be double-protected & maybe even reproduced into different languages to be shared with the world? Over time, Mali could slowly regain much of it's lost status as a world learning hub. It would be time consuming for sure but the end result would place Mali in a unique position on the academic "stage" per say & in the long run it may provide more stability and entice more people to travel there to study. Whichever route that they choose i wish them the best & i hope that they continue to preserve their past for future generations to come.

    • @croixfadas
      @croixfadas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they are fighting a war right know, but soon

    • @msaltalola
      @msaltalola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@croixfadas they've been fighting a "war" for the last 40 years or so depending on who you talk to...if they can buy guns they can protect things

    • @Ma1q444
      @Ma1q444 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree. So much knowledge locked away.

    • @marcelocouto213
      @marcelocouto213 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed! A good option would also be creating digitalized copies of these texts, so they also would be available on the internet in case anything bad happened to the physical originals.

  • @livefromplanetearth
    @livefromplanetearth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    excellent journalism

  • @crappiebuns1612
    @crappiebuns1612 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful, I wish we could have heard a passage or two from these manuscripts

  • @desmondburnett9286
    @desmondburnett9286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    the fathers of history, medicine, etc who are the Greekstole. All came to Africa for their knowledge. therefore, the Greeks copied the africans knowledge and made it their own. modern chemistry has so many ancient names that are no common to Europe who passed it off as their own.

    • @sforza209
      @sforza209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We win you lose.

    • @desmondburnett9286
      @desmondburnett9286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sforza209never say we win you lose because the losers eventually win. always take the best of both sides
      you grow.

    • @adrean3693
      @adrean3693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sforza209 😂 you lose. We have the infinite ability to create you can only copy. You can dress like a doctor but lack the mind / knowledge of a doctor . Eventually the fraudsters is always exposed

    • @Deadassbruhfrfr
      @Deadassbruhfrfr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol thanks for the laugh. Enjoy being poor.

    • @evano5635
      @evano5635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Deadassbruhfrfr enjoy destroying people’s culture because you can’t build your own.

  • @BlainePope
    @BlainePope ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is amazing. I couldn't stop watching.

  • @Ma1q444
    @Ma1q444 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imagine how much knowledge are in those manuscripts, I wonder if they have anything on Mansa Musa.

  • @geemessiah
    @geemessiah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dream life and profession to me! I would love to be in Timbuktu and worship copying manuscripts ❤️! 🌞 It is pure art. I'm a woman though, so that might be a some sort of a social mentality problem. Unfortunately. Never say never, as they say! 😄

  • @first4972
    @first4972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    For years they tried to tell us Africa do not have any written language..

    • @teeldd
      @teeldd ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "They" are traumatized by the Moors colonization of Iberia

  • @seanmichael9482
    @seanmichael9482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Amazing. To be able to tell where from by style 🙂

  • @spelaelizabetapahor9568
    @spelaelizabetapahor9568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Chapeau!

  • @mensilak
    @mensilak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Without South Africa, all those books will been gone for ever, Say thank you to Tambo Bekki

    • @_sunfish
      @_sunfish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you elaborate ?

    • @mensilak
      @mensilak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@_sunfish South Africa under Bekki finiaced the restoration of all those liberies

    • @_sunfish
      @_sunfish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mensilak oh ok, thanks for the info

    • @fitawrarifitness6842
      @fitawrarifitness6842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mensilak many entities were involved in preserving these manuscripts, but i undersand you people like to sow seeds divisiveness. 🤣

    • @mensilak
      @mensilak 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fitawrarifitness6842 i am not a south African. Let be honest!

  • @consciousness5061
    @consciousness5061 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow what a discipline 👏 level. Great man. Very rare.

  • @Buurba_Jolof
    @Buurba_Jolof 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maliba ❤️🌹❤️ my beloved Empire.

  • @CollinsMalgwi
    @CollinsMalgwi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The history records before colonisation.

  • @HFC786
    @HFC786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fascinating

  • @alfredmivule3425
    @alfredmivule3425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very nice and inspiration.

  • @deannatroiofthemyscira8558
    @deannatroiofthemyscira8558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    underrated

  • @teresarodrigues6585
    @teresarodrigues6585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic! Great work...

  • @safuwanfauzi5014
    @safuwanfauzi5014 ปีที่แล้ว

    North Mali/Azawad majority of them still spoke Arabic just like in Sudan and Chad. with Taureg and Songhay language together.

  • @AXZJ104
    @AXZJ104 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can this be translated and disseminated to interested pan Africans black universities and diasporian Africans

  • @AudyMP
    @AudyMP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I knew a little about Timbuktu since childhood after reading Donald Duck comics.

  • @crecheshaw
    @crecheshaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    💯👍🏿💯

  • @stayhappystayblessed7823
    @stayhappystayblessed7823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why he's doing copy of these manuscripts?
    It should be typed in computer and print , so it'll be saved forever,

    • @mrt7948
      @mrt7948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He needs computer education, which fortunately didn't get, else he would have gone to Europe and work on website making for companies.

    • @fitawrarifitness6842
      @fitawrarifitness6842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There is a separate project of digitizing the manuscripts. He is a traditional copier.

    • @thaliahall4599
      @thaliahall4599 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many of the originals were also works of Art with beautiful handwriting, some pages had diagrams or decorative borders. They want to recreate this a much as possible. Otherwise, digitization projects are going on in collaboration with other countries.

  • @swapnilwagle1758
    @swapnilwagle1758 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone knows the name of the song/tune playing in the background at the beginning of the video?

  • @dunloplopdun9094
    @dunloplopdun9094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dune

  • @NicholasColdingDK
    @NicholasColdingDK 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got a copy machine..

  • @Deadassbruhfrfr
    @Deadassbruhfrfr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    He looks like the, "WE WUZ KANGZ" guy. 🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂

    • @evano5635
      @evano5635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      U r a bad person. I hope you remember that.

    • @Deadassbruhfrfr
      @Deadassbruhfrfr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@evano5635 you're*

    • @Child_of_Amun
      @Child_of_Amun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another idiot 😂

    • @JcoleMc
      @JcoleMc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cope

    • @Kaze-h8j
      @Kaze-h8j 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not a western homosexual like you.