African Icons

Description

African Icons
by Tracey Baptiste

ISBN: 9781523525706
Softcover, new

Brief Description:
“In African Icons, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths
about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great
beginner’s guide to pre-colonial Africa.” –Ibram X. Kendi, National Book
Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an
Antiracist Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and
visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the
world. Black history is a rich and thrilling collection of stories that
begins thousands of years ago with the many cultures and people of the
African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, bestselling
author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet
some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and
shaped the world. Menes: Creator of Dynasties Merneith: A Queen Erased
Imhotep: From Peasant to God Aesop: The Wisest Man in the Ancient World
Hannibal Barca: Unparalleled Military Strategist Terence: North African
Playwright Amanirenas: Warrior, Diplomat, Queen Tin Hinan: Founding a City
on the Dunes Mansa Musa: The Richest Man of All Time Queen Idia: Kingmaker
Illustrator Hillary D. Wilson’s brilliant portraits accompany each profile,
along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for
readers to pore over and return to again and again. Both an empowering and
energetic read and an essential correction to Eurocentric tellings of
history, African Icons will enthrall readers of all ages.

Target Age Group: Ages 10 to 14