African Icons: 10 People Who Shaped History

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 culturesand people of the African continent.

Through portraits of ten heroicfigures, author Tracey Baptiste takesreaders on a journey across Africato meet some of the great leadersand thinkers whose vision built acontinent and shaped the world.

Illustrator Hillary D. Wilsonsbrilliant portraits accompany eachprofile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphicsfor readers to pore over and return toagain and again.