The mayor of Bamako, who witnessed the event, called the burning of the manuscripts "a crime against world cultural heritage." And he was right — or he would have been, if it weren't for the fact that he was also lying.
El alcalde de Bamako, que atestiguó el evento, declaró la quema de los manuscritos "un crimen contra la herencia cultural mundial". Y tenía razón, o la hubiera tenido, si no fuera porque también estaba mintiendo.