Kings and Queens of West Africa (Watts Library) [Library Binding]

Sylviane A. Diouf (Author), Sylviane Anna Diout (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Series: Watts Library

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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From the Publisher

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.

About the Author

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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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 64 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Library Publishing; A Franklin Watts library ed edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531203751
• ISBN-13: 978-0531203750
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #793,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #74 in Books > Children's Books > History > Africa

More About the Author

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