"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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