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RESURRECTED FROM A GRAVE OF INDIFFERENCE - A NEW ALEXANDRIA FOR BLACK AFRICA *PIC*

Posted By: TheMythSmith
Date: Wednesday, 8-Aug-2007 14:06:46

Ancient writings bring new interest to Timbuktu By Lydia Polgreen - August 6, 2007 http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/06/africa/mali.php http://www.iht.com < SNIP > Traders brought books and manuscripts from across the Mediterranean and Middle East, and books were bought and sold in Timbuktu, in Arabic and local languages like Songhai and Tamashek, the language of the Tuareg people. Timbuktu was home to the University of Sankoré, which at its height had 25,000 scholars. An army of scribes, gifted in calligraphy, earned their living copying the manuscripts brought by travelers. Prominent families added those copies to their own libraries. As a result, Timbuktu became a repository of an extensive and eclectic collection of manuscripts. "Astronomy, botany, pharmacology, geometry, geography, chemistry, biology," said Ali Imam Ben Essayouti, a descendant of a family of imams that keeps a vast library in one of the city's mosques. "There is Islamic law, family law, women's rights, human rights, laws regarding livestock, children's rights. All subjects under the sun, they are represented here." Moroccan invaders deposed the Songhai Empire in 1591, and the new rulers were hostile to the community of scholars, who were seen as malcontents. Facing persecution, many fled... ===== In relation to this article the Templars and Prester John come to mind: Medieval Sourcebook: Mandeville on Prester John [text said to date from the 14th century] http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/mandeville.html < SNIP > This emperor, Prester John, holds full great land, and hath many full noble cities and good towns in his realm and many great diverse isles and large. For all the country of Ind is devised in isles for the great floods that come from Paradise, that depart all the land in many parts. And also in the sea he hath full many isles. And the best city in the Isle of Pentexoire is Nyse, that is a full royal city and a noble, and full rich. ----- This Emperor Prester John is Christian, and a great part of his country also. But yet, they have not all the articles of our faith as we have. They believe well in the Father, in the Son, and in the Holy Ghost. And they be full devout and right true one to another. And they set not by no barretts, ne by cautels, nor of no deceits. And he hath under him seventy-two provinces, and in every province is a king. And these kings have kings under them, and all be tributaries to Prester John. And he hath in his lordships many great marvels. ===== Related remarks of Benjamin Fulford 26 July 2007 http://www.rense.com/general77/ful2.htm http://www.rense.com [scrolling down about 60%] FULFORD: [...] The world does not need war. The era of war is over. RENSE: That's their game. It's the only game they know. They know it very well. FULFORD: You've got to find them something new to do. All these generals in the Pentagon, as soon as they retire, they say where the bad things are. But when they are there, that's where they're getting their salary [from]. So these people have to have something else to do. You've got to protect the Pentagon. You've got to give them a new mission. And I would argue that new mission is to save the planet and explore the Universe instead of figuring out ways to kill Iraqis and steal oil. They should do it. They can modernize Africa in five years. There are so many things they could do. Fulford's Website: http://benjaminfulford.com/indexEnglish.html ===== Transformed, the Military Industrial Complex could look more like a Gifting Industrial Complex. Returning to the IHT article: < SNIP > "We want to build an Alexandria for black Africa," said Mohammed Dicko, director of the Ahmed Baba Institute, a government-run library. "This is our chance to regain our place in history." The South African government is building a new library here, a state-of-the-art facility that will house, catalog and digitize tens of thousands of books and make their contents available, many for the first time, to researchers. Charities and governments from Europe, the United States and the Middle East are pouring millions of dollars into the city's family libraries, which are being expanded and transformed into research institutions, drawing scholars from around the world eager to translate and interpret the long-forgotten manuscripts. The Libyan government is planning to transform a dingy 40-room hotel into a luxurious 100-room resort, complete with Timbuktu's only swimming pool and space to hold academic and religious conferences. Libya is also digging a new canal that will bring the Niger River to the edge of the city. Timbuktu's new seekers have a variety of motives. South Africa and Libya are vying for influence on the African stage, each promoting its vision of a resurgent Africa. Spain has direct links to some of the history stored here... ===== Civilization's African Toll: From The Cradle of Civilization to a Grave of Indifference By GreyHawk 27 July 2007 http://www.epluribusmedia.org/columns/2007/20070726_civilizations_african_toll.html http://www.epluribusmedia.org < SNIP > If we are to aspire to greatness as a species -- or even as a subset of a species, elevating our culture to the next level of awareness and wisdom -- we must first learn that we still have, within us, the core elements of that very noble savage... ===== Out of Africa, Homo noeticus. -tms

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