Timbuktu Books Unclaimed

During a period overlapping the European ‘Dark Ages’, African civilization thrived, with Timbuktu at its core. As an intellectual hub and a renowned centre for Islamic learning and scholarship, Timbuktu was the lifeblood of Africa’s cultural renaissance, known as The Third Golden Age of Africa. This period also saw the emergence of two successive West African Islamic Empires: Mali (or Mandingo, 1230-1400AD) and Songhai (or Songhay, 1468-1591), the latter being the largest empire Africa has ever seen.