The Ink Road "Chemin de l'Encre"- International Symposium

$50K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Mali
Start Date	Feb 01, 2002
End Date	Nov 25, 2007
Duration	2,123 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77548-48`

Grant Description

Funds were awarded for a symposium on the preservation, safeguarding, and applied research of ancient African and Islamic manuscripts.

The symposium included demonstrations of conservation and research activities of the Timbuktu Manuscripts Project, as a follow-up project from last years very successful Day of the Book event.