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Africa for Kids - through the Lives of its Kings and Queens

Africa for Kids - through the Lives of its Kings and Queens

Fet, Catherine
Shuster, Scott

Paperback

BiographyGeneral Juvenile NonfictionHistory

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ISBN13: 9798330495283
Publisher: Stratostream LLC
Published: Oct 18 2024
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

The history of Africa - the way it is taught in our US schools - focuses on the timeline of the material culture of great African civilizations and empires of the past, on population migrations, and colonization by the Europeans. The historical figures of the African past appear mostly in the context of their interactions with the Europeans - trading with them, or resisting colonization. Their personal traits, triumphs, and tragedies rarely come to light. Meanwhile, there is a wealth of biographical information and fascinating historical anecdotes about the kings and queens of African nations coming from African legends, epic poetry, carved stone monuments, chronicles, and memoirs by European, Arab, and, later, American travelers. So, for this book I went through dozens of sources to find facts and stories that breathe life into the silhouettes of these great Africans, in keeping with the traditional, story-based, route of teaching history.

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