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“Manuscript Culture in the Niger Bend” Seminar on 24 October

15 October 2012

The Tombouctou Mss Project and

Susana Molins-Lliteras

Doctoral student in the Department of Historical Studies funded by

The AW Mellon Foundation

Invite you to a Seminar Programme entitled:

“Manuscript culture in the Niger Bend”

Date & Time
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 09h00-14h00

Venue
TB Davie Seminar Room, Postgraduate Centre and Funding Office,
3rd Level, Otto Beit Building University Avenue, Upper Campus
University of Cape Town

Reminder about Calligraphic Africa Lecture (tomorrow, 11 September 2012)

10 September 2012

This is a reminder about the final lecture in the “Calligraphic Africa” series which is scheduled for tomorrow, the 11th of September at 13h00 in the HUMA Seminar room, Humanities Building, University Avenue South, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town.

Reminder about tomorrow’s Calligraphic Africa Lecture

20 August 2012

This is a reminder about the third lecture in the “Calligraphic Africa” series which is scheduled for 13h00 on the 21st of August (tomorrow) and will take place in the HUMA Seminar room, Humanities Building, University Avenue South, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town.

Calligraphic Africa 2012

6 August 2012

The Tombouctou Manuscripts Project will be hosting a series of lunch time conversations entitled “Calligraphic Africa: on the means and ends of writing”.

Hamidi Belaid Calligraphy Workshops

22 July 2012

This will consist of a series of 8 hands- on workshops in which master calligrapher, Belaid Hamidi, will introduce the main principles of the different eastern and western Arabic calligraphic scripts.