African icons : ten people who shaped history /
Baptiste, Tracey,
African icons : ten people who shaped history / Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Hillary D. Wilson. - First edition. - Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapeel Hill , 2021. - 160 pages : 24 cm ; color maps. color illustrations,
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
Ages 9-12 Algonquin Young Readers Grades 4-6 Algonquin Young Readers
9781616209001
Africa--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Africa--Kings and rulers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Africa--History--Juvenile literature.
DT18 / .B37 2021
960.099
African icons : ten people who shaped history / Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Hillary D. Wilson. - First edition. - Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapeel Hill , 2021. - 160 pages : 24 cm ; color maps. color illustrations,
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
Ages 9-12 Algonquin Young Readers Grades 4-6 Algonquin Young Readers
9781616209001
Africa--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Africa--Kings and rulers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Africa--History--Juvenile literature.
DT18 / .B37 2021
960.099