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Baptiste, Tracey, author.
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Heroes -- Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Africa -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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African icons : ten ...
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African icons : ten people who shaped history / Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Hillary D. Wilson.
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Baptiste, Tracey, author.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapeel Hill , 2021.
Subjects
Heroes -- Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Africa -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781616209001 (hardcover) :
1616209003 (hardcover) :
Description:
xiii, 160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
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.
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Summary:
"Black history begins thousands of years 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.
Audience:
Ages 9-12. Algonquin Young Readers.
Grades 4-6. Algonquin Young Readers.
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