Callligrapher Boubacar SadekHe has been studying the ancient art of copying and is trying to make a living from it inTimbuktu,Mali Africa.

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Africa /MALI /Timbuktu/Callligrapher Boubacar SadekHe has been studying the ancient art of copying and is trying to make a living from it. He even has seven students. Sadek says it is about time that the tradition of calligraphy returned to Timbuktu. Alongside the religious scholars and the merchants, the copyists played an important role in sustaining Timbuktu as a cultural centre.© Horst Friedrichs

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