When Al-Qaida moved into Timbuktu, Mali, the terror group was bent on enforcing Shariah law, threatening many historical artifacts in the region. That's when an African collector and adventurer, Abdel Kader Haidara, took it upon himself to salvage and smuggle more than 370,000 ancient manuscripts out of harm's way.
Guest:
- Joshua Hammer is a contributing editor to Smithsonian and Outside magazines. He's also the author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.
