TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baptiste,Tracey
AU  - Wilson,Hillary D.
TI  - African icons: ten people who shaped history 
SN  - 9781616209001
AV  - DT18 .B37 2021
U1  - 960.099 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Chapel Hill, North Carolina :  
PB  - Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapeel Hill
KW  - Africa
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - History
N1  - 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; Ages 9-12; Algonquin Young Readers; Grades 4-6; Algonquin Young Readers
N2  - "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"--
ER  -