Libyan Update from the VAM: Digitizing Manuscripts from the Trans Saharan Trade in Ghadames, Libya
Digitizing Manuscripts from the Trans Saharan Trade in Ghadames, Libya
Mr. Qasim Youshaa (Ghadames Manuscripts Association)
Ghadames is one of the five UNESCO World Heritage sites in Libya. Its mud brick architecture is outstanding, but just as remarkable are the collections that have long been sheltered there.
The Ghadames Manuscripts Association has been working to digitize and preserve a repository of manuscripts documenting hundreds of years of the trans Saharan trade stretching from the Libyan coast towards the Niger River valley. These efforts have recently expanded as new techniques of digitization and data management have been adopted in partnership with ASOR and Hill Museum and Manuscript Library.
