Examines seven historically significant sites throughout the African continent, and features the Great Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Kush Pyramids, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Swahili Coast, Great Zimbabwe, and Timbuktu, and includes a historic timeline.

Tracing the history of four African kingdoms which once occupied the region south of the Zambezi River, this study offers insights into the distinctive customs of the indigenous peoples of southern Africa and examines how the European powers changed life in the area forever through colonization and conflict.

Describes a bicycle trip across the wilds of Africa, the people visited, the wildlife seen, and the various cultures.

Introduces the continent of Africa and some of its unique characteristics.

Provides facts about Africa, highlighting some of the continent's amazing natural features, plants, animals, and people, and including photographs, maps, and a time line.

Examines the history of Africa from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century, discussing such topics as the different cultures that existed on the continent, the importance of Islam, European colonization, and the slave trade.

Explores the beauty of South Africa, from Table Mountain near Cape Town to the dry veldt in the north.

Text and photographs present the daily lives and family traditions of the people of South Africa, as well as their turbulent history and the legacy of apartheid.

A basic overview of the history, geography, climate, and culture of South Africa.

Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, languages, religions, sports, arts, and people of a country that shares land borders with six nations and surrounds one of them.

A description of Africa and the Europeans who explored it, their journeys over the continent, and their effects on the peoples and countries.

History of the African kingdoms in West Central Africa.

In this version of "Little Red Riding Hood," set in Ghana, a young girl fails to heed Granny's warning about the dangers of talking to strangers.

Learn the most common foods of West Africa and how to prepare them as well as learn about the area's culture.

Presents an introduction to the life of Nelson Mandela, a civil rights activist who opposed apartheid in South Africa, and became the country's president in 1994.

Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital.

A look at the history of Africa from the kingdom of Songhay to the metropolis of Benin.

An elderly slave uses the power of his mind to ease the suffering of other slaves and eventually leads them back to Africa.

Covers the history of West Africa from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century, including political systems, economic activities, daily life, religion, and arts and crafts.

Details the living conditions on a African slave ship, and examines their life as a slave.

Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

Depicts the history of the Hausa people of West Africa.

A brief history of the kingdom of the Yoruba people of Africa.

Provides information on the history and people of the Kingdom of Asante.

"Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a brief biography of Nelson Mandela, civil rights leader and first African-American president of South Africa, describing his childhood, his education, and the legacy of his accomplishments. Includes photographs.