In the ancient caravan city of Timbuktu, many nights before I encountered the bibliophile or the marabout, or comforted the Green Beret's girlfriend, I was summoned to a rooftop to meet the salt ...

In 2012, Mali was undergoing a grave political and social crisis. The situation was particularly severe in the north, where two of Mali’s four World Heritage sites, Timbuktu and the Tomb of Askia, are ...

Tourist hotspots come and go but until recently, Timbuktu had been holding its own as the world’s leading destination for metaphoric travel. But I fear that globalisation is causing a steep ...

Alice Morrison, Arabist and explorer, journeys beneath the veil along Africa's infamous salt roads from Morocco via the Sahara Desert to the legendary city of Gold, Timbuktu.

And then there’s “Timbuktu, USA.” Written by Ken Prestininzi and getting a regional premiere from local company Intramural Theater (through Monday), the play centers on Kelly Kilkenny ...

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