africa

Contains alphabetized articles--from Catimb? to Yolande Cornelia Giovanni--on people, places, events, and other topics related to Africa and the African-American experience, focusing on political and social history, literature, and the arts; and includes maps, charts, and tables.

Sir James Manson, chairman/managing director of Manson Consolidated Mining Company Ltd., comes up with an elaborate plan to topple the government of the small African republic of Zangaro in an effort to secure the mining rights to a mountain containing billions of dollars worth of platinum.

Contains more than 4,400 alphabetized articles on people, places, events, and other topics related to Africa and the African-American experience, focusing on political and social history, literature, and the arts; and includes maps, charts, tables, a chronology, and a bibliography.

"In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in the United States. In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. During those weeks, the young writer and the elderly formerly enslaved man ate peaches and watermelon that grew in the backyard and talked about Cudjo's past--memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of being captured and held in a barracoon for selection by American slavers, the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War. Based on those interviews, featuring Cudjo's unique vernacular, and written from Hurston's perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, Barracoon masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture."--Publisher's website.

When her older brother T'Challa disappears, Wakanda's people turn to Shuri for leadership--but Shuri doesn't want to leave her science lab and her inventions. When the pressures of leading get too much, Shuri decides the best use of her time would be to head into space with Storm, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot to try to rescue her brother.

The savannah sun sets in the sky - Meerkats play, giraffes stroll by... Cross the hot savannah and discover all its secrets with this new pop-up book, featuring artwork from Clover Robin.--.

"By the early twentieth century, nearly the entire continent of Africa had been divided up between European powers. This volume traces the history of colonialism in each of Africas regions, as well as the fight for independence and the challenges of establishing viable nations after years languishing under the colonial yoke. The political, economic, and social elements of colonialism are all explored. The title also delves into the patterns in European-African interactions that led to colonialism, including the slave trade and the ivory trade. A comprehensive, wide-ranging reference volume"--Amazon.com.

A cultural history of Africa as determined by the work of archaeologists and anthropologists.

Provides an exploration of Africa, discussing its climates, wildlife, natural landmarks, industries, sports and more, using maps.