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Title Statement | African icons: ten people who shaped history / Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Hillary D. Wilson. |
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Author | Baptiste, Tracey |
Additional Contributors | Wilson, Hillary D |
Publication | ©2021Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Young Readers,2021. |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | xiii, 160 pages |
ISBN | 9781616209001 1616209003 |
Other Number | 4118249 |
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. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | Full-color portraits illustrate the stories of ten people-rulers, educators, inventors, scholars, and explorers-who helped shape the African continent and the world from ancient times through the tumultuous sixteenth century. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Location | Africa--Juvenile literature--History |
Africa--Biography--Juvenile literature--Kings and rulers | |
Africa--Biography--Juvenile literature |