African icons : ten people who shaped history

Author

Tracey Baptiste

Call Number

• J 960 BAPT (CEN, EAS, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapeel Hill , 2021.

Physical Description

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

Audience

Grades 4-6. Algonquin Young Readers.

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"--

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.