City of Timbuktu was once a center of learning and trade in Mali.
✓ TRUE FACT
Timbuktu became famous in the 14th–16th centuries as a Saharan trade and scholarship hub. Manuscripts and Islamic learning institutions helped build its reputation far beyond West Africa.
🤯 "City of Timbuktu was once a center of knowledge and trade in Mali. The original “you had to be there.”"