African icons : ten people who shaped history / Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Hillary D. Wilson.

Baptiste, Tracey, author.

j960.099 Baptiste

First edition.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapeel Hill , 2021.

©2021

xiii, 160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm

"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.

Ages 9-12. Algonquin Young Readers.

Grades 4-6. Algonquin Young Readers.

Kings and rulers -- Juvenile literature.

Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Africa -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Africa -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Africa.

Africa -- Kings and rulers.

Africa -- History.

Biographies.

Wilson, Hillary D., illustrator.

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 -- 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.

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