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“The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu” — Joshua Hammer in conversation with James Romm
“The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu” — Joshua Hammer in conversation with James Romm
Join the New York Public Library on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 6:30pm for an evening with journalist Joshua Hammer to discuss his new book, The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, with James Romm. In 2012, thousands of Al Qaeda militants from northwest Africa seized control of most of Mali, including Timbuktu. They imposed Sharia law, chopped off the hands of […]