African proverb July 7, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Quotes , trackbackFrom Libraries in the sand reveal Africa’s academic past
“The nations formed a single line and Timbuktu was at the head. But one day, God did an about-turn and Timbuktu found itself at the back,” a local proverb goes.
P.S. For most of my life, I thought my dad had traveled to Timbuktu by camel. Nope. No camel.
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