"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 began
long ago with the many cultures and people of the African
continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, 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. 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.
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