First lecture in the series "Timbuktu Talks" organized by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Center for African Studies on Friday September 4 2020. Hosted by Prof. Mauro Nobili, UIUC Department of History. Speaker is Prof. Shahid Mathee, Department of Religion Studies, University of Johannesburg, South Africa on the topic, "The Doings of Wives: Stories from Fatwas in colonial Timbuktu, Mali."