> There are also many manuscripts spread out across private basements in Timbuktu, those have survived several threats but who’s to say they will survive more?

-Which reminds me of Joshua Hammer's brilliant book 'The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu', detailing the efforts to save those collections from the latest threat to them - islamic militants.

The title alone was enough to make me want to read the book, I'll admit.