S2 07 Timbuktu — a true story

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Nov 24, 20220:30:00Society & Culture

Its name is a byword for remote obscurity and intrepid adventure, a medieval trade centre and cradle of African scholarship perched on the edge of the Sahara. But those historical perceptions are so far removed from the...

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