Timbuktu: Script & Scholarship arises from the larger South Africa-Mali project initiated by President Thabo Mbeki in 2002.

Generously funded by the Department of Arts and Culture, this exhibition is the result of collaboration on a number of levels.

We acknowledge the Malian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Ahmed Baba Institute, as well as the Exhibition Project Steering Committee comprising HC ‘Jatti’ Bredekamp, Patricia Davison, Graham Dominy, Shamil Jeppie,
Nazeem Mahatey, Lalou Meltzer and Riason Naidoo.

The joint Exhibition Team included the following institutions and individuals:

South Africa-Mali Project (Timbuktu Manuscripts)
Shamil Jeppie (historian), Alexio Motsi and Mary Minicka (conservators), Riason Naidoo (project manager), with the assistance of post-graduate researchers at the University of Cape Town: Shahid Mathee, Susana Molins Lliteras and Naefa Khan

Iziko Social History Collections
Lalou Meltzer, Lindsay Hooper, Esther Esmyol, Gerald Klinghardt, June Hosford, Fatima February, Thando Ngcangisa, Caroline Wintein

We thank Iziko colleagues in Finance, Institutional Advancement, Customer Services Management and Education & Public Programmes for their contributions to the success of this exhibition.

We also acknowledge with thanks the support of the Standard Bank.

Design and layout by Angela Tuck, Scan Shop

Production and installation by Scan Shop