廷巴克图失落的图书馆

Aminatta Forna tells the story of legendary Timbuktu and its long-hidden legacy of hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts. With its university founded around the same time as Oxford, Timbuktu is proof that the reading and writing of books have long been as important to Africans as to Europeans.

"There is going to be no more library and no more discussion." 墙是怎么来的

猎奇～对这种古代小城都很感兴趣，很像冰与火里面的学士城

09年的纪录片，虽然保护古籍的资金匮乏、解读阿拉伯文的专业学者稀少，但是廷巴克图充满希望。可惜12年古城被伊斯兰极端分子攻占，数座清真寺损毁，大量珍贵的手稿丢失。看纪录片前对廷巴克图一无所知，真是惭愧。一个因贸易兴起的文化重镇，也因贸易的减少而衰退、凋零，令人惋惜。

非洲与美洲的文化，作为初步的猎奇尚可，但在高度上，与欧亚相距甚远。

，了解一下廷巴克图这个古老的西非重镇。2016.1.31