Timbuctoo

Based on Dubois’s description, what can you glean about the society within which this Koranic school is situated?

Timbuctoo The Mysterious In his work Timbuctoo the Mysterious, Félix Dubois (1896) describes a typical Koranic school: “It is a picture one constantly sees in the Sudan. In the shade before the schoolmaster’s house, a collection of children are gathered together in the coolest corner. Arranged in circles and sitting on their heels, they repeat […]

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