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Aga Khan links heritage to life quality - H.H. THE AGA KHAN IN MALI - 2003-10-10

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage

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jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2003-daily/18-10-2003/world/w13.htm

His Highness the Aga Khan Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims on Friday addressed a crowd of over three thousand people who had gathered at the Great Mosque of Djenne, a stately edifice dating back to the 14th century. Mali's Prime Minister Ahmed Mohamed Ag Hamani accompanied the Aga Khan.

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AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MALI SIGN A COLLABORATION AGREEMENT - 2006-06-07

Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage

His Highness the Aga Khan addressing a crowd of over three thousand gathered at the Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali

A Collaboration Agreement was signed by the director of the National Museum of Mali, Samuel Sidibé, and the director general of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), Luis Monreal. The agreement, signed in the presence of His Excellency Cheik Oumar Sissoko, Minister of Culture for Mali, aims to provide the Museum with a new information technology system, as well as improving the conservation facilities of its collections.

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