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Category: Mali

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Timbuktu manuscripts: Mali’s ancient documents captured online

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on March 14, 2022

Nomsa Maseko, BBC NewsA virtual gallery to showcase Mali’s cultural history has been launched, featuring…

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Trio from Mali celebrates identity with cross-cultural music
  • Art and Culture

Trio from Mali celebrates identity with cross-cultural music

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on September 30, 2017September 30, 2017

The group is the brainchild of the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.

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Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) project companies that are part of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) (image credit: Jeune Afrique)
  • Aga Khan IV

Aga Khan “Prince” of Development | Jeune Afrique

  • by AM
  • Posted on August 24, 2017August 29, 2017

 “He has a very good understanding of Africa, Asia of course, but also of the…

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The Crumbling Ancient Texts That May Hold Life-Saving Cures
  • Civilization

The Crumbling Ancient Texts That May Hold Life-Saving Cures

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on July 4, 2017July 5, 2017

Source: Amy Maxmen for Nautilus Seven hundred years ago, Timbuktu was a dream destination for…

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Medicines for Malaria Venture and Aga Khan Foundation Canada come together to tackle malaria in Mali
  • Aga Khan Foundation

Medicines for Malaria Venture and Aga Khan Foundation Canada come together to tackle malaria in Mali

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on May 24, 2017May 25, 2017

Together with Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC), and with financial support from Global Affairs Canada, MMV will conduct qualitative research in the Mopti region of Mali

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Aga Khan Music Initiative intervention guarantees that "Musical Thursdays" will continue to flourish at Mali National Museum
  • Mali

Aga Khan Music Initiative intervention guarantees that “Musical Thursdays” will continue to flourish at Mali National Museum

  • by AM
  • Posted on December 3, 2016December 9, 2016

  Excerpts from November 28 & 29 media reports The new programmatic formula of “Musical…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

AKDN extends commitment to safeguard Mali’s National Park making it the premier park in West Africa

  • by AM
  • Posted on October 9, 2016October 11, 2016

” We ensure the reputation of the park [National Park of Mali] is the best…

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  • Mali

Old Towns of Djenné, Mali: precious mud village could disappear, Unesco warns | The Guardian

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on July 13, 2016July 13, 2016

Djenné, a market centre and link in the trans-Saharan gold trade, was added to the world heritage list in 1988.

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UN Refugees Day
  • Canada

UN World Refugee Day – the World Responds: AKMI, Canadian PM Trudeau, US Prez Obama & Secretary Kerry, UNHCR Grandi & Guterres, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie, ex-UN SG Kofi Annan, Harry Potter author JK Rowlings, Soccer Stars Fellaini & Mittag

  • by AM
  • Posted on June 26, 2016December 22, 2016

Since 2001, World Refugee Day is observed each year on 20 June to commemorate the…

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Iraqi musicians take part in a maqam music festival in Baghdad in 2009. (Photograph: AFP/Getty Images via The Guardian)
  • Iraq

The Guardian | The unrest is silence: why ‘classical’ music traditions are under threat

  • by AM
  • Posted on October 19, 2015December 2, 2016

World Music | The unrest is silence: why ‘classical’ music traditions are under threat By…

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Canada's World Partnership Walk and World Partnership Golf fund health projects in 4 countries
  • Aga Khan Foundation

Canada’s World Partnership Walk and World Partnership Golf funds $31-million health program in 4 countries

  • by AM
  • Posted on September 6, 2015December 2, 2016

August 21, 2015 – AKFC is pleased to announce a new $31-million program to improve the…

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139-megawatt expansion of Azito Energie's power station in Ivory Coast
  • Fund for Economic Development

Ivory Coast’s AKFED project inaugurated with 139 MW expansion of Azito Energie’s power station

  • by AM
  • Posted on July 7, 2015December 2, 2016

Abidjan, 30 June 2015: Azito Energie SA (“Azito”) today celebrated the commercial start-up of Phase…

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The Djinguereber mosque at the end of Friday midday prayers. Photograph Sean Smith via The Guardian
  • Mali

The Guardian | History of cities in 50 buildings, day 5 – Timbuktu’s Djinguereber mosque

  • by AM
  • Posted on April 3, 2015December 2, 2016

Constructed from the very earth on which it stands, Timbuktu’s oldest mosque is at the…

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From Ismailimail Archives: Timbuktu, Mali, 10 October 2003. His Highness the Aga Khan (centre) and Prime Minister Ahmed Mohamed Ag Hamani (right) examining ancient manuscripts at the Ahmed Baba Centre in Timbuktu, Mali. - Photo AKDNGary Otte
  • Award for Architecture

AKAA and Mali’s Ministry of Culture collaborate to present Timbuktu Renaissance: Timbuktu Manuscripts go on show at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels (Bozar)

  • by AM
  • Posted on December 24, 2014December 2, 2016

Timbuktu Renaissance is an exceptional exhibition, organized by the joint efforts of Mali’s Ministry of Culture…

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  • Art and Culture

Live Music Returns to National Park of Mali with Support from the Aga Khan Music Initiative

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on May 15, 2014October 9, 2016

Bamako, Mali, 5 May 2014 – The Aga Khan Music Initiative (AKMI) is launching a new…

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  • Aga Khan Foundation

Aga Khan Foundation in Mopti, Mali: Important steps taken

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on November 20, 2013November 20, 2013

Translated via Google: The intervention of the Aga Khan Foundation in the Mopti region has…

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West Africa's newest zoo reopens its doors in Mali capital| theguardian.com
  • Mali

West Africa’s newest zoo reopens its doors in Mali capital| theguardian.com

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on November 20, 2013October 9, 2016

Excerpt: The zoo, renovated through a public-private partnership led by the Aga Khan Trust for…

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  • Aga Khan Foundation

The Aga Khan Foundation comes to the rescue of Mopti

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on November 7, 2013November 7, 2013

Translated via Google … The Aga Khan Foundation has been working since December 2007 in…

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  • Architecture

How the City of Mud Stays Standing: Meet the Masons of Djenné, Mali | ArtsIslamica

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on October 8, 2013October 8, 2013

The story of Djenné, Mali, is typically told through its architecture—monumental mud-brick structures that seem…

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  • Aga Khan Foundation

Aga Khan Foundation Awards Program to Aid Rural Malian Farmers

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on July 23, 2013

Program to Build Local Business Capacity, Strengthen Farming Co-ops and Associations Situated at the edge…

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  • Mali

National Zoo of Mali Inaugurated After Full Renovation by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on June 25, 2013October 9, 2016

Bamako, Mali, 20 June 2013 – The National Zoo of Mali was inaugurated today after…

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  • Mali

Architecture in Development: National Park of Mali

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on March 14, 2013October 9, 2016

This is one of the two recent projects commissioned by the Aga Khan Trust for…

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  • Aga Khan Foundation

In Mali, children are everyone’s business | Guardian Sustainable Business | guardian.co.uk

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on October 15, 2012October 15, 2012

The business community in Mali collaborates to reinforce community and government efforts to achieve the…

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  • Aga Khan Foundation

Mopti: More than 400 students required remedial courses, teaching materials provided by the Aga Khan Foundation

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on October 10, 2012

Excerpt translated via Google: “For students in 9th grade, remedial courses were funded by the…

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  • Aga Khan Foundation

Crop year 2012-2013 in the region of Mopti

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on October 10, 2012

Translated via Google: 2011-2012 crop year was a fiasco across Mali. In some places, farmers…

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