Getting up close to Timbuktu with the experts

The remarkably preserved manuscripts and artefacts which form the ‘Timbuktu Script and Scholarship’ exhibition at the Castle of Good Hope, offer visitors insight into the sophisticated cultural history of sub-Saharan Africa dating back to the 1100s.

Running concurrently with this extraordinary exhibition – a graphic portrayal of the ancient history of the written word in Africa - are a series of informative walkabouts which enable visitors to maximise their ‘Timbuktu’ experience.

Details of the walkabouts are as follows:

Friday 8 August at 13:00 and 15:00 presented by Lindsay Hooper
Tuesday 12 August at 13:00 and 15:00 presented by Shahid Mathee
Saturday 16 August at 12:00 presented by Shahid Mathee

Tuesday 19 August at 13:00 presented by Shahid Mathee
Thursday 21 August 13:00 and 15:00 presented by Susana Molins Lliteras
Saturday 23 august 12:00 – presented by Shamil Jeppie

Tuesday 26 August at 13:00 presented by Shamil Jeppie
Thursday 28 August at 13:00 and 15:00 presented by Susana Molins Lliteras Lliteras
Saturday 30 August 12:00 presented by Shamil Jeppie

The exhibition is a partnership between the Department of Arts and Culture and Iziko Museums, and will travel to major centres throughout the country.

For enquiries and bookings for the walkabouts, contact Nomapatho at 021 464 1261 or nmesele@iziko.org.za

Image:

Conservator at IHERI -AB making a storage box for a manuscript.

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