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[11] [12] One famous example of a literacy project Mali took part in is the Experimental World Literacy Program. [12] The differences between French, Mali's national language, and local languages have caused many problems in education. [10] Access, geographic location, gender bias, and the quality of education are also issues that many Malians ...
Timbuktu Manuscripts, or Tombouctou Manuscripts, is a blanket term for the large number of historically significant manuscripts that have been preserved for centuries in private households in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali. The collections include manuscripts about art, medicine, philosophy, and science, as well as copies of the Quran. [1]
University of Timbuktu. The University of Timbuktu (French: Université de Tombouctou) is a collective term for the teaching associated with three mosques in the city of Timbuktu in what is now Mali: the mosques of Sankore, Djinguereber, and Sidi Yahya. [1] It was an organized scholastic community that endured for many centuries during the ...
Sira Diop. Sira Diop née Sakiliba Sissiki (31 March 1929 – 17 November 2013) was a Malian educator, feminist and trade unionist. The first woman to pass the Sudanese baccalauréat in 1950, as a teacher she ultimately became headmistress of the Malian lycée (high school) for girls (1962–65). An active trade unionist, she was president of ...
Massa Makan Diabaté, a descendant of griots, is known in the Francophone world for his work on The Epic of Sundiata as well as his "Kouta trilogy," a series of realist novels loosely based on contemporary life in his hometown of Kita. A griot is a traditional story-teller. Other well-known Malian writers include Modibo Sounkalo Keita, Maryse ...
Nalanda. Nalanda, ancient center of higher learning in Bihar, India [7][8] from 427 to 1197. Nalanda was established in the fifth century CE in Bihar, India, [7] and survived until circa 1200 CE. It was devoted to Buddhist studies, but it also trained students in fine arts, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, politics and the art of war.
Sub-Saharan African countries spent on average 0.3% of their GDP on S&T (Science and Technology) in 2007. This represents a combined increase from US$1.8bn in 2002 to US$2.8bn in 2007. North African countries spend a comparative 0.4% of GDP on research, an increase from US$2.6bn in 2002 to US$3.3bn in 2007.
BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali's security situation remained unclear on Wednesday after insurgents attacked an elite police training academy and other strategic areas on Tuesday, killing trainees ...