A survey of the historical regions and kingdoms of West Africa including biographies of Mansa Musa, Emperor of Mali (c. 1280-1337); Osei Tutu, King of Asante (c. 1660-1717); and Ndate Yalla Mbodj, Queen of Walo (c. 1810-1860).
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For many centuries West Africa was a region of powerful kingdoms and large empires. Here are the dramatic stories of some of the region's strongest and most innovative rulers. This series is the definitive collection of informational books for intermediate-middle grade readers.
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Sylviane Anna Diouf is the author of fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children and of numerous articles for international publications and scholarly journals and books. She specializes in the history of Africa and of people of African origin. Of Senegalese and French parentage, she has lived in various African and European countries and in the United States. Sylviane Diouf is a university professor and lives in New York with her son.
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Sylviane Anna Diouf specializes in the social history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery, as well as contemporary African migrations.
Her latest book, Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America (Oxford University Press) won the 2007 Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association, the 2009 James F. Sulzby Award for best book on Alabama history from the Alabama Historical Association and was a finalist for the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for non fiction. Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (NYU Press) was named Outstanding Academic Book in 1999.
Sylviane has lived in France, Senegal, Gabon, and Italy and now resides in New York City. See more at www.sylvianediouf.com
Her latest book, Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America (Oxford University Press) won the 2007 Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association, the 2009 James F. Sulzby Award for best book on Alabama history from the Alabama Historical Association and was a finalist for the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for non fiction. Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (NYU Press) was named Outstanding Academic Book in 1999.
Sylviane has lived in France, Senegal, Gabon, and Italy and now resides in New York City. See more at www.sylvianediouf.com
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Africa is acontinentof great natural diversity-burning deserts, snowy mountains, lush forests, dry savannas, and majestic rivers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mansa Musa, Osei Tutu, Ndate Yalla, West Africa, Gold Coast, North Africa, Atlantic Coast, Okomfo Anokye, Senegal River New!
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Africa is acontinentof great natural diversity-burning deserts, snowy mountains, lush forests, dry savannas, and majestic rivers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mansa Musa, Osei Tutu, Ndate Yalla, West Africa, Gold Coast, North Africa, Atlantic Coast, Okomfo Anokye, Senegal River New!
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- Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu (Cities Through Time) by Larry Brook in Back Matter
- The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa by Patricia McKissack in Back Matter
- Traditional Africa (World History Series) by Louise Minks in Back Matter
- The Empire of Mali (First Books--African Civilizations) by Carol Thompson in Back Matter
- Ancient Ghana and Mali by Nehemia Levtzion in Back Matter
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