Mamma Haidara Library

The Library of Congress, Washington D.C. hosted an exhibition of manuscripts from the Mamma Haidara Library
June 25 - September 3, 2003 The Desert Libraries of Timbuktu

A four volume catalog of the Mamma Haidara collection is available from Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation

Adbel Kader Haidara at the Library of Congress Watch Video

Dr. Mahmoud Zouber on Mamma Haidara Watch Video

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Manuscripts without a Library Facility

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See Professor John Hunwick's homepage for an excellent description of the Mamma Haidara Library

See Henry Louise Gates visit with Abdel Kader Haidara, curator of the Mamma Haidara Library together with Ali Ould Sidi from the Cultural Mission. It is thanks to Gates that a Andrew Mellon Foundation Grant was obtained to finance the construction of the Library Facilities below, later inspiring the work of the Timbuktu Manuscripts Project.

 

Curator :
Abd Al-Qadir (Abdel Kader) Haïdara

Visitors in above photos :
Abdelaziz Abid, UNESCO, Paris
Alida Jay Boye, Project Coordinator, Norway
Stephanie Diakité, Conservator, USA
Albreicht Hofheinz, Researcher, Germany
John O. Hunwick, Northwestern University
Mamadou Diallo Iam, CNRST, Bamako
Boubacar Guindo, CNRST, Bamako
Mohamed Gallah Dicko, CEDRAB, Timbuktu
Mohamed Maiga, Ministry of Education

 

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