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Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are introduced to the remarkable and true-life story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last survivors of the Atlantic human trade, in an adaptation of the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed Barracoon. This is the life story of Cudjo Lewis, as told by himself. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America to be enslaved,...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A deep history of Africa, from 70,000 BCE to 300 CE, that synthesizes the archeological and historical linguistic evidence to tell an integrated global history of the continent. A framing chapter introduces the historical goals and issues of the book, recounting the terrible histories of recent centuries that led to Africa being wrongly treated as a peripheral other in the history of us all. Chapter two, "African Firsts in the History Technology,"...
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A lavishly illustrated history of Africa spans over 200,000 years and brings to life the cultures of the world's second largest continent, including important political and military leaders as well as art, architecture, music, literature, religion, mythology and languages."--
6) Cape Town
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Join Norrie the puffin on . . . [in Cape Town, South Africa]. Readers will be introduced to the beautiful Cape Town as they help Norrie navigate the city. Together, readers and Norrie will follow clues and solve puzzles in order to find the most stunning landmarks in the city! In this book readers will climb Table Mountain, see sharks at the Two Oceans Aquarium, and catch a soccer game at Cape Town Stadium"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Bringing together accounts of the most significant ideas and milestones in Black history and culture, this important and thought-provoking book offers a bold and accessible overview of the history of the African continent and its peoples.
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"¡Ana y Andrew van a Ghana! ¡Les encanta aprender sobre la cultura ghanés, especialmente la comida! Mientras están allí, visitan el Castillo de la Costa el Cabo para honrar a sus antepasados y aprender sobre los orígenes de comercios de esclavos." --
"Ana & Andrew are going to Ghana! Papa is traveling to Ghana and the family gets to go too! Ana & Andrew love learning about Ghanaian culture, especially the food! While there, they visit Cape...
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In her parched, crumbling corner of a Cape Town public housing complex, Deidre van Deventer receives a call from the South African police department. Her family home, recently reclaimed by the government, has become the scene of a criminal investigation. The remains of several bodies have just been unearthed from their land, after decades underground. Detectives pepper her with questions: Was your brother a member of a pro-apartheid group in the...
Author
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
By extending their voyages to all oceans from the 1760s onward, whaling vessels from North America and Europe spanned a novel net of hunting grounds, maritime routes, supply posts, and transport chains across the globe. For obtaining provisions, cutting firewood, recruiting additional men, and transshipping whale products, these highly mobile hunters regularly frequented coastal places and islands along their routes, which were largely determined...
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