Timbuktu mayor: Mali rebels torched library of historic manuscripts | World news | guar... - 1 views
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Islamist insurgents retreating from Timbuktu set fire to a library containing thousands of priceless historic manuscripts,
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The manuscripts had survived for centuries in Timbuktu, on the remote south-west fringe of the Sahara desert. They were hidden in wooden trunks, buried in boxes under the sand and in caves. When French colonial rule ended in 1960, Timbuktu residents held preserved manuscripts in 60-80 private libraries.The vast majority of the texts were written in Arabic. A few were in African languages, such as Songhai, Tamashek and Bambara. There was even one in Hebrew. They covered a diverse range of topics including astronomy, poetry, music, medicine and women's rights. The oldest dated from 1204.
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they exploded the myth that "black Africa" had only an oral history. "You just need to look at the manuscripts to realise how wrong this is."
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EDSITEment's Guide to Black History Month Teaching Resources | EDSITEment - 5 views
Meus herois morreram de overdose - 0 views
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Recebi um email essa semana que me intrigou mais do que de costume. O título: Cazuza, um idiota morto. Trata-se de uma psicóloga criticando o público por idolatrar um cara que tinha como principal frase ideológica: "Todos os meus heróis morreram de overdose." De acordo com a psicóloga, que é um profissional que se atém ao comportamento humano e deve zelar para que possamos viver melhor, solucionando problemas e ultrapassando obstáculos, a mensagem sobre o artista deveria ser divulgada para todas as famílias.
National Curriculum - 38 views
In Year 11 students have to complete a research assignment that is mandated by the syllabus, however at our school we basically gave them the list of personalities they could study. I was pushing f...
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