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Author Baptiste, Tracey, author.

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

Publication Info. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapeel Hill , 2021.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 920 BAPTISTE    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J920 BAPTISTE    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J 960.099 BAPTISTE    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult  YA 960 BAPTISTE    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Pearl Street Branch Library - Children's Department  J 960.099 BAP    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 960.099 BAP    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 960 BAPTISTE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 960.099 BAPTISTE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Children's Department  J 960.099 BAPTISTE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Young Adult New Books  YA 920 BAP    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-156) and index.
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.
Summary "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.
Audience Ages 9-12. Algonquin Young Readers.
Grades 4-6. Algonquin Young Readers.
Subject Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Africa -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Africa -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile literature.
Africa.
Africa -- Kings and rulers.
Africa -- History.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Africa.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Africa.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Ancient.
Kings and rulers. (OCoLC)fst00987694
Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Added Author Wilson, Hillary D., illustrator.
ISBN 9781616209001 (hardcover)
1616209003 (hardcover)
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