Aga Khan urges "Rediscovery" of Timbuktu and Djenne
Aga Khan Trust for Culture
His Highness the Aga Khan greeted by Prime Minister Ahmed Mohamed Ag Hamani of Mali at Bamako airport.
AKDN/Gary Otte
Timbuktu, Mali, 10 October 2003 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims today retraced the footsteps of scholars and merchants whose journeys across the Sahara once helped establish a major cultural and commercial crossroads in this medieval city.