Video: Gus Casely-Hayford on Timbuktu at BBC History Magazine's History Weekend
Published: November 5, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Art historian Gus Casely-Hayford captivated his audience at BBC History Magazine's History Weekend in Malmesbury, when he gave his lecture on Timbuktu.
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The historian, who presented the BBC series Lost Kingdoms of Africa in 2012 and wrote the accompanying book, explored how Timbuktu, a medieval trading citadel, became a 16th-century intellectual capital, and then a modern strategic target.
Here's what he told us after the lecture:
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