{"product_id":"book-enkk","title":"African Icons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this expansive collection of history, meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Black history begins thousands of years ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, bestselling author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on an empowering, energetic journey through time to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built nations and shaped the course of history: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Menes: Creator of Dynasties \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Merneith: A Queen Erased \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Imhotep: From Peasant to God \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Aesop: The Wisest Man in the Ancient World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hannibal Barca: Unparalleled Military Strategist \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Terence: North African Playwright \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Amanirenas: Warrior, Diplomat, Queen \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tin Hinan: Founder of a City on the Dunes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mansa Musa: The Richest Man of All Time \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Queen Idia: Kingmaker \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. This rich and thrilling work, which celebrates Black excellence and provides an essential correction to Eurocentric tellings of history, will enthrall readers of all ages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “In \u003ci\u003eAfrican Icons\u003c\/i\u003e, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great beginner’s guide to pre-colonial Africa.” —Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eStamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348804018480,"sku":"BDenkk","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49348804084016,"sku":"ZEenkk","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49348804116784,"sku":"ZMenkk","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/enkk-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777330719","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-enkk","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}