TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The hidden treasures of Timbuktu | Elizabeth Cox
On the edge of the vast Sahara desert, citizens snuck out of the city of Timbuktu and took to the wilderness. They buried chests in the desert sand, hid them in caves, and sealed them in secret rooms. Inside these chests was a treasure...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who ever lived - Jessica Smith
Mansa Musa, the 14th century African king of the Mali Empire, is said to have amassed a fortune that possibly made him one of the wealthiest people who ever lived. Jessica Smith tells the story of how Mansa Musa literally put his empire...
TED Talks
TED: The powerful stories that shaped Africa | Gus Casely-Hayford
In the vast sweep of history, even an empire can be forgotten. In this wide-ranging talk, Gus Casely-Hayford shares origin stories of Africa that are too often unwritten, lost, unshared. Travel to Great Zimbabwe, the ancient city whose...
Weird History
Most Important Cities In History and Why They Fell
In ancient times, the most powerful and influential cities in the world were located primarily in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Places like Alexandria, Jericho, and Carthage once were thought to be as influential or powerful as...
Curated Video
Kingdoms From Nothing: Ghana
This series explores the many kingdoms of pre-colonial sub-saharan Africa.
Bino and Fino
On To Timbuktu
Bino can’t find one of his books because he can’t remember where he left it. Mama Mama teaches the children to treasure their books.
Curated Video
Innovation hub launched to empower African Edmontonian entrepreneurs
New ReviewCommunity members and allies in Edmonton are celebrating the grand opening of the Timbuktu Innoviation Hub, designed to spark innovation and economic growth. Andrea Huncar reports.
Curated Video
Timbuktu's famed manuscripts return home after 13 years in Mali's capital
The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by al-Qaida-linked militants more than a decade ago
Curated Video
Timbuktu's great mosque: Annual festival restores historic site
Al Jazeera meets the community in Timbuktu taking part in an annual tradition to restore an ancient mosque
Curated Video
ICC opens trial against Mali national over Timbuktu destruction
Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and sexual slavery.
Curated Video
Mali: Army foils attack in Timbuktu, a day after jihadist assault killed 30 soldiers
The Malian army said it had foiled an attack on a military camp in Timbuktu on Monday morning, a day after a jihadist assault that killed 30 soldiers in central Mali.
Curated Video
Mali war crimes: Former leader of Al Qaeda-linked group sentenced
The International Criminal Court has sentenced the former leader of a Malian armed group to 10 years in prison.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Timbuktu manuscripts face an uncertain future
Two years ago a large number of manuscripts were taken from Timbuktu for safe keeping
Bridgeman Arts
Timbuktu in 1930s, Tuareg people, warrior outfit and women's dresses, the house of French explorer Rene Caillie and his belongings.
Part 3 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas : De Madagascar - Tombouctou / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Street scenes in Timbuktu, Tuareg people, warrior outfit and women's dresses, the house of French explorer Rene...
Bridgeman Arts
Timbuktu in 1930s, men build houses out of clay, mosque, man writes in the Tamasheq language on a wall, market place, Fort Bonnier
Part 4 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Street scenes in Timbuktu, men build houses out of clay, mosque, man writes in the Tamasheq language on a wall, market place, Fort Bonnier.
Sky News
Angry Malians Vent Their Anger over Jihadists
Angry Malians Vent Their Anger over Jihadists
Bridgeman Arts
Camel train carrying salt in desert, Timbuktu, Mali, 1930s. Tuareg warriors ambush them and reenact a battle.
Part 5 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Camel train carrying salt in desert, Timbuktu, Mali. Tuareg warriors ambush them and reenact a battle.
Sky News
UK: Black Lives Matter protest demonstration in Tottenham.
CLEAN: Exterior shots of Black Lives Matter and Justice for Grenfell protestors demonstrating peacefully holding banners and placards in Tottenham on 14th June 2020 London, United Kingdom.
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Malian town under Islamist power as government awaits moment
VOICED: Malian town under Islamist power as government awaits moment
Geography Now
Geography Now! Mali
Mali is home to an ancient, wealthy empire that included one of the richest men to ever live, Mansa Musa, and the legendary city of Timbuktu. Today, it is home to civil struggles, and some of the instability makes these ancient sites...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Timbuktu
This video from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly features Timbuktu, one of the most remote and inaccessible places on the planet and a former thriving center of Islamic learning. [5:52]