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Author:

Asaaju, Morenikeji, author.

Title:

Africa : the definitive visual history of a continent / authors, Morenikeji Asaaju, Adidemi Babalola, Jane Bryce, Obert Mlambo, Patience Motsatsi, Butholezwe Mtombeni, Girma Negash, Raphael Chijioke Njoku, Philip Parker, Luke Pepera, Marilee Wood ; foreword by David Olusoga.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

DK Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Africa--History.
Africa--Social life and customs.

Other Authors:

Babalola, Adidemi, author.
Bryce, Jane, author.
Mlambo, Obert, author.
Motsatsi, Patience, author.
Mtombeni, Butholezwe, author.
Negash, Girma, author.
Njoku, Raphael Chijioke, author.
Parker, Philip, 1965- author.
Pepera, Luke, author.
Wood, Marilee, 1942- author.
Olusoga, David, writer of foreword.
DK Publishing, Inc., publisher.

Notes:

Includes index.

Summary:

Spanning more than 200,000 years, from the emergence of the first humans to the rise of megacities, Africa explores the history and cultures of the world's second-largest continent in vivid detail. It brings to life the stories that shaped Africa and the world around it, from powerful and influential empires and kingdoms such as Mali and Benin, through the struggle against colonization and the fight for independence to Africa's place on the global stage today.

ISBN:

9780241509166
0241509165
9780744060102
0744060109

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)