Fighting To Protect Ancient Manuscripts

The article that I have found this week is about the city of Timbuktu and its ancient manuscripts. The locals there have a very rich written history and are very proud of the written texts which they have. The average people in the city are in fact so fond of these works that they have for years buried them in the floors of their houses and plastered them into the walls, all in an attempt to protect them from which ever army has decided to invade them this week.Timbuktu is in the country of Mali which is in civil war and being divided up into the north and the south of the country. The article talks about how a librarian and a security guard smuggled thousands of these ancient texts out of the library in burlap sacks loaded into donkey carts before the invading jihadist could collect and burn them. From there they brought them by boat down the Niger river to safety. This is truly an incredible story and is sure to make any bibliophile smile. You can access the article here: Timbuktu