TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The hidden treasures of Timbuktu | Elizabeth Cox
On the edge of the vast Sahara desert, citizens snuck out of the city of Timbuktu and took to the wilderness. They buried chests in the desert sand, hid them in caves, and sealed them in secret rooms. Inside these chests was a treasure...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who ever lived - Jessica Smith
Mansa Musa, the 14th century African king of the Mali Empire, is said to have amassed a fortune that possibly made him one of the wealthiest people who ever lived. Jessica Smith tells the story of how Mansa Musa literally put his empire...
TED Talks
TED: The powerful stories that shaped Africa | Gus Casely-Hayford
In the vast sweep of history, even an empire can be forgotten. In this wide-ranging talk, Gus Casely-Hayford shares origin stories of Africa that are too often unwritten, lost, unshared. Travel to Great Zimbabwe, the ancient city whose...
Weird History
Most Important Cities In History and Why They Fell
In ancient times, the most powerful and influential cities in the world were located primarily in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Places like Alexandria, Jericho, and Carthage once were thought to be as influential or powerful as...
Curated Video
Kingdoms From Nothing: Ghana
This series explores the many kingdoms of pre-colonial sub-saharan Africa.
Bino and Fino
On To Timbuktu
Bino can’t find one of his books because he can’t remember where he left it. Mama Mama teaches the children to treasure their books.
Bridgeman Arts
Timbuktu in 1930s, Tuareg people, warrior outfit and women's dresses, the house of French explorer Rene Caillie and his belongings.
Part 3 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas : De Madagascar - Tombouctou / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Street scenes in Timbuktu, Tuareg people, warrior outfit and women's dresses, the house of French explorer Rene...
Bridgeman Arts
Timbuktu in 1930s, men build houses out of clay, mosque, man writes in the Tamasheq language on a wall, market place, Fort Bonnier
Part 4 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Street scenes in Timbuktu, men build houses out of clay, mosque, man writes in the Tamasheq language on a wall, market place, Fort Bonnier.
Bridgeman Arts
Camel train carrying salt in desert, Timbuktu, Mali, 1930s. Tuareg warriors ambush them and reenact a battle.
Part 5 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Camel train carrying salt in desert, Timbuktu, Mali. Tuareg warriors ambush them and reenact a battle.
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Malian town under Islamist power as government awaits moment
VOICED: Malian town under Islamist power as government awaits moment
Geography Now
Geography Now! Mali
Mali is home to an ancient, wealthy empire that included one of the richest men to ever live, Mansa Musa, and the legendary city of Timbuktu. Today, it is home to civil struggles, and some of the instability makes these ancient sites...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Timbuktu
This video from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly features Timbuktu, one of the most remote and inaccessible places on the planet and a former thriving center of Islamic learning. [5:52]
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Access Islam: Timbuktu
Watch, download or read the transcript of Access Islam's video on the remote place of Timbuktu, once a center of Islamic religion. [5:53]
Digital History
Digital History: Before 1492
Video [3:15] describing the exploration and lost civilizations of the world before 1492, including Musa I of Mali, Timbuktu and Zheng He.