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Al Hajj Mahmud Kati (or Mahmoud Kati) (1468?– 1552 or 1593) was an African Muslim Songhai scholar. He is traditionally held to be the author of the West African chronicle Tarikh al-fattash, though the authorship is contested.
Mohammed Bagayogo Es Sudane Al Wangari Al Timbukti (1523-1593) was an eminent scholar from Timbuktu, Mali. Baghayogho originated from among the Juula people , who are a Mande ethnic group composed of merchants and scholars.
There are some obvious problems with the text published by Houdas and Delafosse. The biographical information for Mahmud Kati (in Manuscript C only) suggests that he was born in 1468, while the other important 17th century chronicle, the Tarikh al-Sudan, gives the year of his death (or someone with the same name) as 1593.
Between Time and Timbuktu is a television film directed by Fred Barzyk and based on a number of works by Kurt Vonnegut. [1] Produced by National Educational Television and WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts , it was telecast March 13, 1972 as a NET Playhouse special.
Oscar nominee Abderrahmane Sissako (“Timbuktu”) returns to the screen for the first time in nearly a decade with his latest feature, “Black Tea,” a lushly lensed romantic drama about a ...
Timbuktu is a 2014 Mauritanian-French drama film directed and co-written by Abderrahmane Sissako. The film centres on the brief occupation of Timbuktu , Mali by Ansar Dine , and is partially influenced by the 2012 public stoning of an unmarried couple in Aguelhok .
Starting out as a seasonal settlement, Timbuktu was in the kingdom of Mali when it became a permanent settlement early in the 12th century. After a shift in trading routes, the town flourished from the trade in salt, gold, ivory and slaves from several towns and states such as Begho of Bonoman, Sijilmassa, and other Saharan cities. [1]
Abderrahmane Sissako (Arabic: عبد الرحمن سيساكو; born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, [1] winning a FIPRESCI Prize.