University of Timbuktu

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University of Timbuktu
founding	10th century
place	Timbuktu , Mali
Students	25,000

The University of Timbuktu was supposedly the first university in the world. It was in Timbuktu (now Mali ).

history

The university was founded in the 10th century. In the twelfth century AD, the university had about 25,000 enrolled students from Africa and the Mediterranean.

See also

• Timbuktu (section "Education")

literature

• Molefi Kete Asante, Abu Shardow Abarry: African Intellectual Heritage. A Book of Sources. Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1996, ISBN 978-1-5663-9403-1 .
• Eugenia Herbert: Timbuktu: A Case Study of the Role of Legend in History. In: BK Swartz, Raymond E. Dumett (Eds.): West African Culture Dynamics. Archaeological and Historical Perspectives. De Gruyter, Berlin 1980, ISBN 978-90-279-7920-9 .
• John O. Hunwick, Alida Jay Boye: The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu. Historic City of Islamic Africa. Thames & Hudson, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-500-51421-4 .
• Shamil Jeppie, Souleymane Bachir Diagne (eds.): The Meanings of Timbuktu. Cape Town 2008, ISBN 978-079-692-204-5 .
• Elias N. Saad: Social History of Timbuktu. The role of Muslim Scholars and Notables 1400-1900. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1983, ISBN 0-521-24603-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Africa Echo News : University of Timbuktu - The first University in the world, accessed May 28, 2015.