African icons ten people who shaped history
"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"--
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| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
Algonquin Young Readers,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.
