Timbuktu Brochure
Timbuktu Brochure
Timbuktu Brochure
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A Global Legacy<br />
of more than<br />
Step back in time and forward in understanding of an<br />
ancient culture alive today in the mysterious city of<br />
<strong>Timbuktu</strong>, located on the edge of the great Sahara Desert<br />
in the model Islamic democratic African nation of Mali.<br />
An artist is engaged in his craft of ancient art,<br />
calligraphy, writing, and manuscript binding.<br />
Young girls (& boys) study daily in Qu’ranic School using<br />
traditional wooden tablets.<br />
A model of the Great Mosque in Djenne, Mali, reconstructed<br />
from the 13th century Mosque built by the fi rst Muslin ruler of<br />
the city, will be displayed in the exhibit.<br />
A Tuareg blacksmith demonstrates his skills, handed down<br />
through generations. His tools and products will be exhibited.<br />
Nomadic caravan traders rest their camels during a trek<br />
across the Sahara. Camel accessories like these shown here<br />
will be among the artifacts in the exhibit.<br />
This silver headdress worn by<br />
a Malian bride will be among<br />
many artifacts displayed.<br />
The Museum’s inaugural<br />
exhibition, Islamic Moorish<br />
Spain, will be reinstalled in<br />
the Museum’s new location,<br />
including this astrolabe, a<br />
navigational tool developed<br />
by Muslim scientists.<br />
By Special Engagement<br />
A World Heritage<br />
Series Event<br />
November 28, 2006- December 31, 2007<br />
Jackson, Mississippi<br />
the<br />
Legacy of<br />
Wonders of the Written Word<br />
International Museum<br />
of Muslim Cultures<br />
In partnership with the<br />
Mamma Haidara Memorial Library<br />
Offi cial Sponsors:<br />
Jackson State University & Tougaloo College
out the<br />
Exhibition<br />
In the last millennium an important global legacy<br />
was uncovered—the literate culture of AFRICA!<br />
This legacy lives in the extraordinary richness of historical<br />
manuscripts that still survive. These ancient documents reveal<br />
that a sophisticated, literate culture fl ourished in the city of<br />
<strong>Timbuktu</strong> on the edge of the Sahara beginning in the 13th<br />
Century and lasting more than 700 years. A crossroads of<br />
international caravan commerce, including the book trade,<br />
<strong>Timbuktu</strong> was also a celebrated center of learning, attracting<br />
scholars and thousands of students and teachers from many<br />
countries and backgrounds.<br />
The International Museum of Muslim Cultures in partnership<br />
with the Mamma Haidara Memorial Library will showcase an<br />
exhibit of this glorious age and its legacy to America through<br />
the tragic events of the slave trade as it presents The Legacy of<br />
<strong>Timbuktu</strong>: Wonders of theWritten Word in its new location—<br />
the Mississippi Arts Center in downtown Jackson.<br />
Abdel Kader Haidara with part of his family’s collection<br />
of manuscripts, hidden for centuries to protect them.<br />
Books were not only brought into <strong>Timbuktu</strong>, but local scholars<br />
wrote their own works, and artisans scribed, decorated and<br />
bound them in a sophisticated local book production industry<br />
tied to the global Islamic knowledge industry—activities that<br />
culminated in a complex and highly viable socio-economic<br />
model. Leo Africanus, celebrated medieval historian, wrote<br />
that “the buying and selling of books were more profi table<br />
than any other commerce in the city of <strong>Timbuktu</strong>.”<br />
The feature attraction of the exhibit will be 25 of the estimated<br />
one million manuscripts recently re-discovered in the West<br />
African country of Mali. Bound in leather, they contain fi nely<br />
articulated calligraphy and colorful illustrations and cover a<br />
wide variety of subjects.<br />
Performing<br />
“Muslim Call to<br />
Prayer”<br />
Mississippi bluesman Abdul Rasheed demonstrates<br />
Muslim roots of blues music on Malian instruments to be<br />
featured in exhibit.<br />
In addition to the rare African manuscripts, experience<br />
the rich intellectual and cultural blend of African<br />
and Islamic heritage shared through video and audio<br />
productions, interactive media, models, artifact displays,<br />
and hands-on activities. Learn about. . .<br />
• Islam’s spread into West Africa<br />
• Life in a leather tent of Saharan caravan traders<br />
• Rise and decline of the great empires of West<br />
Africa and their leaders<br />
• Legendary Sankore Mosque and University<br />
• Methods and tools of manuscript production<br />
• French colonialism and the slave trade<br />
• Life in Mali today and the work of artisans<br />
• Sketches from the lives of African Muslims<br />
enslaved in America<br />
• Muslim roots of Mississippi blues tradition<br />
Corporate, Individual, Non-profi t, and<br />
Governmental Support As of August 15, 2006<br />
OFFICIAL SPONSORS<br />
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY • TOUGALOO COLLEGE<br />
TITLE SPONSORS<br />
Emad and Karen Al-Turk<br />
MAJOR SPONSORS<br />
Mike Espy<br />
Andrew and JoAnn Jenkins<br />
Bob Owens<br />
Sababu and Okolo Rashid<br />
SPONSORS<br />
Entergy<br />
Hisham Syed and<br />
Dr. Rubina Inamdar<br />
Jeanne Luckett<br />
Jackson Advocate<br />
Muslim Journal<br />
Viking Range<br />
William Winter Institute for<br />
Racial Reconciliation<br />
PATRON<br />
State Street Group<br />
CONTRIBUTOR<br />
E. B. “Bud” Robinson, Jr.<br />
OTHER FUNDING<br />
This project has been<br />
partially funded by<br />
Hinds County<br />
Jackson Convention and<br />
Visitors Bureau<br />
Mississippi Arts<br />
Commission<br />
Mississippi Development<br />
Authority—Division of<br />
Tourism<br />
Traveling Exhibit Program (TEP)<br />
Find out how you can bring this exciting program and<br />
others like it to your city. There are also guest speakers,<br />
teacher training, and multi-media programs to accompany<br />
exhibitions. Contact us to fi nd out about the TEP, enrichment<br />
activities, group rates, and special tours.<br />
International Museum of Muslim Cultures<br />
Mississippi Arts Center<br />
201 East Pascagoula Street<br />
Jackson, Mississippi 39201<br />
Telephone: 601-960-0440 • Fax: 601-981-0447<br />
Email: inmuseum@bellsouth.net<br />
Website: www.muslimmuseum.org<br />
HOURS<br />
TUESDAY – SATURDAY: 10 a.m.--5 p.m<br />
SUNDAY: 12 p.m.--5 p.m.<br />
TICKETS:<br />
Adults: $10 • Seniors (60+): $9 • Students: $5<br />
Children under 5 Free • Adult Group of 25+ $9<br />
Senior Group: $8 • Student Group: $4<br />
Discounts for both <strong>Timbuktu</strong> & Moorish Spain Exhibits (Call for details)