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Author:

Baptiste, Tracey, author.

Title:

African icons : ten people who shaped history / Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Hillary D. Wilson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Algonquin Young Readersan imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapeel Hill ,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xiii, 160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Africa--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Africa--Kings and rulers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Africa--History--Juvenile literature.
Kings and rulers--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Wilson, Hillary D., illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: When Africa Fueled the World -- The Sahara Yawns: Menes: Creator of Dynasties -- Merneith: A Queen Erased -- The Dawn of Egypt: Imhotep: From Peasant to God -- Metal Bonds -- Nature as Character: Aesop: The Wisest Man in the Ancient World -- Across the Waves: Hannibal Barca: Unparalleled Military Strategist -- Terence: North African Playwright -- Amanirenas: Warrior, Diplomat, Queen -- Where Few Dared to Tread: Tin Hinan: Founding a City on the Dunes -- Across the Golden Sand: Mansa Musa: The Richest Man of All Time -- The Catalan Atlas --The Power of the Griot -- Libraries in the Sand -- The Winds Change: Queen Idia: Kingmaker -- Culture Lost -- Author's note -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Designer's Note.

Summary:

"Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history began long ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and shaped the world."-- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1616209003
9781616209001

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1242021999

LCCN:

2021011317

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