African icons : ten people who shaped history

Book 2022

"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. Black history begins thousands of years ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures--from Menes, the first ruler to be called Pharaoh, to Queen Idia, a sixteenth-century power broker, visionary, and diplomat--this rich and th...

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ISBN:

9781616209001

Description:

xiii, 159 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 24 cm

Notes:

Originally published: Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Young Readers, 2021
Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary
Includes bibliographical references 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
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

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3197375

Other Authors:

Wilson, Hillary D., illustrator

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