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6 The Kunta Writers
from tuwat to timbuktu and beyond
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Shamil Jeppie
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- contents ix
- list of illustrations xi
- acknowledgments xiii
- note on transliteration xvii
- key dates xix
- list of authors discussed xxiii
- titles of key manuscripts mentioned xxv
- glossary xxix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Discovering Books in the Desert 27
- 2 The Education of Ahmad Baba, 1556–91 49
- 3 Exile in Marrakesh 65
- 4 Ahmad Baba’s Later Years in Timbuktu, 1608–27 85
- 5 The Rise of Shinqit 98
- 6 The Kunta Writers 114
- 7 The Collector of Timbuktu 137
- 8 Manuscript, Print, and Memory 155
- Epilogue 175
- Notes 179
- Bibliography 195
- Index 205
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- contents ix
- list of illustrations xi
- acknowledgments xiii
- note on transliteration xvii
- key dates xix
- list of authors discussed xxiii
- titles of key manuscripts mentioned xxv
- glossary xxix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Discovering Books in the Desert 27
- 2 The Education of Ahmad Baba, 1556–91 49
- 3 Exile in Marrakesh 65
- 4 Ahmad Baba’s Later Years in Timbuktu, 1608–27 85
- 5 The Rise of Shinqit 98
- 6 The Kunta Writers 114
- 7 The Collector of Timbuktu 137
- 8 Manuscript, Print, and Memory 155
- Epilogue 175
- Notes 179
- Bibliography 195
- Index 205