#  Book Collecting in Timbuktu 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 3, 2022** 

 05:15PM - 05:15PM EDT 

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 **Barker Center, Room 133**  



 

 



 

##  [HISTORY OF THE BOOK](/history-book)

##  SPEAKER: Shamil Jeppie, University of Cape Town

 This lecture surveys five centuries of collecting in Timbuktu, a town in the interior of West Africa, that has come to symbolize a larger world of learning and book culture in the region. This lecture follows citations in texts written in the town in the 16th century, book borrowing and copying, through to a major collector of the early 20th century who both attempted to conserve the manuscript book tradition and imported printed books to Timbuktu.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Seminar ](/event-type/seminar)
- [ History of the Book ](/seminars/history-book)
 
 

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