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SCENE: Timbuktu, in the Ancient Empire of Mali, West Africa
TIME: In the year 1361 (of Islam 752)

ACT I
From Dawn to Dusk
Scene 1: The City Square of Timbuktu-Dawn
"Rhymes Have I".....................Hadji, Marsinah and Vendors
"Fate"....................................................Hadji
Scene 2: The Gates of the City
"In the Beginning, Woman" ..................... Sahleem-La-Lume
Scene 3: The City Square at Market Time
"Baubles, Bangles and Bead...............Marsinah and Merchants
Scene 4: A garden of a House Near the Palace
'Stranger in Paradise"...................The Mansa and Marsinah
Scene 5: A Courtyard of the Palace
"Gesticulate".............................................Hadji
Scene 6: An Attiring Pavilion in the Palace
"Night of My Nights".............. .......The Mansa and Company

ACT II
From Dusk to Dawn
Scene 1: A Forest in Mali
Dance: "The Mansa Marries Tonight" .....................Company
"My Magic Lamp"/"Stranger in Paradise" (Reprise).......Marsinah
Scene 2: A Corridor in the Palace
Scene 3: The Wazir's Harem
"Rahadlakum"....................Sahleem-La-Lume and Harem Girls
"And This Is My Beloved"...Hadji, Marsinah, The Mansa and Wazir
Scene 4: A Courtyard of the Palace
"Golden Land, Golden Life"..........Chief of Police and Company
"Night of My Nights" (Reprise)...The Mansa, Marsinah, Hadji and Company
"Sands of Time".......................Hadji and Sahleem-La-Lume
THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

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PROGRAM NOTE: THE REAL CITY OF TIMBUKTU
“...and somewhere there, unknown to public view, A mighty city lies, called Timbuktu...” — W. M. Thackeray

Timbuktu was Moslem, black, opulent, and remote. Travelers died in attempts to cross the Sahara in search of this fabled city, and so its reputation grew even faster than its wealth. When one of its rulers, Mansa Musa, made a pilgrimage to Mecca in the year 1324, he brought with him a vast retinue of thousands and gave away so much gold that the price of gold fell ten to fifteen percent in the money markets of Cairo.

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