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New to Digital Scrapbooking, just started in 2019, want to make a record of family stories before my mother passes away. My dad died in 2016. I currently live in Canada but was born and raised in New Zealand, and emigrated to Canada upon marrying my Canadian spouse. Home Country - lets see - New Zealand or Canada? Which to choose? Most of my photos will be from NZ, but any pics of my son will be from Canada. MY IP Address will say that I am in Canada which is fine. My mother and sister are still back in NZ so I will make my home country as NZ for now. For Facebook, I dont check it every day - I am not addicted to FB, and I use a different name for privacy. My image is myself as a child - aged about 2 or 3 years old
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We all know the saying, From here to Timbuktu right? Well in case you don't believe that Timbuktu exists, this is a layout about Timbuktu. It sits on the Southern edge of the Sahara Desert in West Africa, within the country of Mali - now one of the poorest countries in the world.
But back in ancient and medieval times, Timbuktu was one of the most famous and wealthiest cities in the world.
The entire city of Timbuktu is (now) listed as a World Heritage Site for its history and richness in art and culture. In its maximum splendour, between the 15th and 16th century, Timbuktu was home to 180 schools and universities, hosting thousands of students from all over the Muslim world.
There were also hundreds of libraries filled with Scrolls written in Arabic and decorated with gold foil and gorgeous colours. Many of those scrolls have been lost. Many others are or were hidden away in boxes, and have not been seen for centuries until now.
In the 21st century there is now a concerted effort to rescue those scrolls, photograph them, and preserve their contents in order to save the original Muslim and African history.
A book was recently released about these efforts. This book is called - The Bad Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.
I have a copy of this book. I just have not found the time to read it yet. Must do that soon.
Since most of West Africa was controlled by the French, the city of Timbuktu, is also called (or spelled) Tombouctou in french.
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solid white paper - base paper - sharon dewi stolp
https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/sharon-dewi-stolp/kits/lucky-solid-papers-kit-st-patrick-s-day-paddy-ireland-luck-happy-clover
Timbuktu wonder of the world - the 21 finalists (large picture)
https://aceofgreece.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/21-world-wonders-to-visit/
Timbuktu stamp - released in 2012 - after the military coup (lower left)
https://mideasti.blogspot.com/2012/04/fall-of-timbuktu-to-rebels-reminder-of.html
Library librarian timbuktu image (lower right)
https://brewminate.com/the-librarians-of-timbuktu/
Bad Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (lower centre)
Cover from Kobo Books
Font - Herman Decanus AH
Tomboutou - french spelling for Timbuktu
I forgot I already used this large photo in a previous challenge!! Sorry!!
https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/robynne-lozier/gallery/timbuktu-mali-layout-2020-lockdown-challenge-gold-blue-brown
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