Abdel Kader Haidara
Timbuktu nearly lost its heritage. Now it’s on exhibit in a Brussels museum
Centuries old books that were smuggled out of Timbuktu during the siege of the city by Islamist rebels are now on display at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels. The Timbuktu Renaissance exhibition is a glimpse at what’s been called one of the biggest cultural rescue operations ever carried out during a political-ideological war.