Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library

Manuscript of Nasir al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn al-Hajj al-Amin al-Tawathi al-Ghalawi's Kashf al-Ghummah fi Nafa al-Ummah. From the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library, Timbuktu.

The Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library is a private manuscript library in Timbuktu, Mali. Founded by Abdel Kader Haidara in 2000 and named in honor of his father, the library preserves one of the oldest and largest private manuscript collections in Timbuktu, with about 22,000 items.[1][2]

  1. ^ HUMA: Institute for Humanities in Africa. "The Mamma Haidara Memorial Library". Tombouctou Manuscripts Project. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Gwin, Peter (January 2011). "The telltale scribes of Timbuktu". National Geographic Magazine. Archived from the original on December 19, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2013.