Mama Africa! how Miriam Makeba spread hope with her song

A harrowing picture biography of civil-rights activist and Grammy Award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba.

Main Author:	Erskine, Kathryn (Author)
Other Authors:	Palmer, Charly (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Makeba, Miriam > Juvenile nonfiction. Biographies > Juvenile.

Summary:	A harrowing picture biography of civil-rights activist and Grammy Award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Audience:	Elementary Grade.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780374303013 0374303010
Author Notes:	Kathryn Erskine is the National Book Award-winning author of Mockingbird . She has also written Seeing Red, The Absolute Value of Mike , and The Badger Knight . She lived in South Africa for part of her childhood, and grew up listening to Miriam Makeba's songs. Mama Africa! is her first picture book. Charly Palmer is a graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist. As a child, he was fascinated by Ezra Jack Keats's illustrations for The Snowy Day , which inspired Charly's own use of color and geometric shapes. He studied art and design at the American Academy of Art and the School of the Art Institute, both in Chicago. Mama Africa! is his first picture book.