wooden slates
Timbuktu
21th Century
Source: Jeppie, S., & Diagne, S. B. (Eds.). (2008). The meanings of Timbuktu. Cape Town: HSRC Press. ISBN 978-0-7969-2204-5.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
local woods
Preparation Steps
The slates are crafted from local woods and are used as instruments for traditional learning where lessons are handwritten for memorization (p. 2).
Original Recipe Text
The slates are crafted from local woods and are used as instruments for traditional learning where lessons are handwritten for memorization (p. 2).
Evidence
"One can still find the instruments of this kind of learning in the city’s main market – printed copies of classics used for centuries but in handwritten form; clean wooden slates for writing down lessons"
Remarks
Wooden slates are part of the 'pre-modern' style of schooling where children gather around teachers under trees or in homes to write lessons (p. 2). These are still available in the main markets of Bamako and are used daily in a prescribed fashion by marabouts and students (p. 2).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
visual observation
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typewooden slates
RegionTimbuktu
Approx. Year2050
Source Information
AuthorJeppie, S., & Diagne, S. B.
CollectionTimbuktu, Jenne, Sgou, Gao
Language
N/A
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