Meet the unlikely group that saved Timbuktu’s manuscripts. Timbuktu is no stranger to foreign invaders, so it’s librarians, curators and museum directors had a plan to save the city’s cultural heritage. Soon after the rebels reached Timbuktu, Abdel Kader Haidara and 15 others worked for a month at night packing manuscripts into metal trunks, cataloging them, locking the boxes with two keys and then hiding them.   Original post on globalpost.com →   Comments on reddit.com →