Preserving and Digitizing Djenné’s Manuscript Collections: The Politics of Space and Agency in Central Mali

This article explores archival practices and ownership of the largely Arabic manuscript collections at the Djenné Manuscript Library. From 2009 to 2017 grants from the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme enabled the preservation of 8,520 manuscripts and digitization of about 400,000 foli...

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