Timbuktu population
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Timbuktu
Located at the gateway to the Sahara desert, within the confines of the fertile zone of the Sudan and in an exceptionally propitious site near to the river, Timbuktu is one of the cities of Africa whose name is the most heavily charged with history.
Founded in the 5th century, the economic and cultural apogee of Timbuktu came about during the15th and 16th centuries. It was an important centre for the diffusion of Islamic culture with the University of Sankore, with 180 Koranic schools and 25,000 students. It was also a crossroads and an important market place where the trading of manuscripts was negotiated, and salt from Teghaza in the north, gold was sold, and cattle and grain from the south.
The Djingareyber Mosque, the initial construction of which dates back to Sultan Kankan Moussa, returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca, was rebuilt and enlarged between 1570 and 1583 by the Imam Al Aqib, the Qadi of Timbuktu, who added all the southern part and the wall surrounding the cemetery located to the west. The central minaret dominates the city and is on
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Timbuktu (musician)
Swedish singer and songwriter (born 1975)
Not to be confused with Timbuktu (hip hop artist).
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Timbuktu at the Grammis Award 2013 | |
| Birth name | Jason Diakité |
| Also known as | Timbuktu |
| Born | (1975-01-11) 11 January 1975 (age 50) Lund, Sweden |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | JuJu |
Musical artist
Jason Michael Bosak Diakité[1] (born 11 January 1975 in Lund), known under the stage name Timbuktu, is a Swedish rapper and singer.
Biography
Timbuktu is the son of Madubuko Diakité, a U.S. born Swedish human rights lawyer and academic.
Timbuktu started his career in the mid-1990s as part of the rap group Excel before going solo as Timbuktu. The inspiration for the pseudonym comes from the city of Timbuktu in Mali, where his father's family originally comes from.[2][3]
Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité is one of Sweden’s most well-known and respected hip-hop artists.[4] He released his first music in 1996 and has since released 10 solo albums and nu
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Timbuktu
City in Tombouctou Region, Mali
For other uses, see Timbuktu (disambiguation).
City in Tombouctou Region, Mali
Timbuktu (TIM-buk-TOO; French: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu; Tuareg: ⵜⵏⵀⵗⵜ, romanized: Tin Bukt) is an ancient city in Mali, situated 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali, having a population of 32,460 in the 2018 census.
Archaeological evidence suggests prehistoric settlements in the region, predating the city's Islamic scholarly and trade prominence in the medieval period. Timbuktu began as a seasonal settlement and became permanent early in the 12th century. After a shift in trading routes, particularly after the visit by Mansa Musa around 1325, Timbuktu flourished, due to its strategic location, from the trade in salt, gold, and ivory. It gradually expanded as an important Islamic city on the Saharan trade route and attracted many scholars and traders before it became part of the Mali Empire early in the 14th century. In the
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