African icons : ten people who shaped history / Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Hillary D. Wilson.
Record details
- ISBN: 1616209003 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781616209001 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781616209001
- ISBN: 1616209003
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : Algonquin Young Readers, 2021.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Summary, etc.: | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 9-12 Algonquin Young Readers. Grades 4-6 Algonquin Young Readers. |
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Subject: | Africa > Biography > Juvenile literature. Africa > Kings and rulers > Biography > Juvenile literature. Africa > History > Juvenile literature. |
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Killingly Library | j960.099 Bap (Text) | 34040145428666 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |