Timbuktu: The Untold Story
This is not a pub
Not a drinking place
It is a University
A Center for knowledge and empowerment
An intellectual and spiritual capital
A mission for the expansion of peace
Home for Africans in Diaspora
A guest house for friends of Africa
Home to prestigious souls
A seasonal camp for travelers.
With patrons of noble blood
Timbuktu is a royal residence, a palace
A resting place for legal and moral sages
A relaxing place for the lonely and confused
With wells containing sweet waters
And delicious delicacies from mother earth
A Center for North, South, West and East
To stimulate the ancient times for upcoming victories
To save, refurbish and propagate sanity
-Mathibela Sebothoma 2005