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PBS NewsHour | Preserving Cultural Heritage Critical to Mali's Future | PBS

Duration: 03:44
Program: PBS NewsHour #10556
Broadcast Date: Feb. 4, 2013

In the wake of the recent violence in Mali, ancient manuscripts thought lost in the destruction now appear to be safe and preserved. Lazare Eloundou Assomo, chief of UNESCO's Africa unit in Paris, joins Margaret Warner to discuss the importance of preserving of Mali's cultural heritage.

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Post Date: February 4, 2013