Location: 1726 Dorsey Road, Hanover.MD
The Timbuktu Restaurant echoes the name of the medieval city of Timbuktu in Mali, West Africa.
Timbuktu is the home “of the prestigious Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas. Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its three great mosques, Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia, recall Timbuktu’s golden age. Although continuously restored, these monuments are today under threat from desertification. (UNESCO World Heritage List).”
Djingareyber Mosque, Timbuktu |
Sankore Mosque, Timbuktu |
Sidi Yahia Mosque, Timbuktu |
Resources
Elementary/Middle
Trouble in Timbuktu by Cristina Kessler
Adults
The Hidden Treasure of Timbuktu : Historic City of Islamic Africa by John O. Hunwick.
The Meanings of Timbuktu by Shamil Jeppie; Souleymane Bachir Diagne
DVD
The Manuscripts of Timbuktu by Zola Maseko
Photo Credit: Djingareiber. WikiCommons: KaTeznik / Unesco.org
