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Available
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Description
Illustrated by Monetta Barnett. Tells the story of the rise of the great African empires - Ghana, Mali, and Songhay - and charts their progress from the eighth to the sixteenth century.
Publication
Africa World Pr (1990), Edition: Reprint, 120 pages
Series
Pages
120
Genres
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ISBN
0865431671 / 9780865431676
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
120 p.; 5.35 x 0.5 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
When I was growing up, Africa wasn't much mentioned in history class save for when we studied about European and Americans messing around there. That's one thing we were able to change in our kids' education. After all, every place has its own history, even if it doesn't play a significant role in
--J.
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the history of our hometown. This book takes a look at three empires in Western Africa from the years A.D. 700 to the early 1600's. It looks at the politics and a bit of the culture. It's not a long book, but well worth checking out for a small slice of history. After all, West Africa is where many of America's slaves were taken from, so I have to wonder what unknown influence that history may have had upon our own.--J.
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LCC
DT23 .C5