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African Icons: 10 People Who Shaped History

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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.

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 7 reviews)

Mia I. ★★★★★

I was blown away by how engaging the stories are—my 8-year-old actually begged to keep reading after dinner. The mix of inventors and scholars makes history feel alive rather than like a boring list of dates.

Eva ★★★★★

My nephew loves history, and this book's focus on real African kings and scholars from thousands of years ago gave him a whole new perspective he never got in school. The stories about the inventors and visionaries are especially engaging, not dry at all.

Nicholas B. ★★★★★

I picked this up for my kids' Black history lessons and was shocked by how engaging it is—my 10-year-old couldn't put it down after reading about the ancient scholars. The profiles are detailed enough for a school report but written like real stories, not a textbook.