"It would be the ultimate irony if all of these had survived the evacuation but had been destroyed because we don't have the resources to archival box them and insert humidity traps for the period they are in exile," said Diakité, who has now started a campaign to raise the estimated $7 million it will cost to rescue the manuscripts.
MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/28/world/africa/timbuktu-manuscripts/index.html
