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lTITLE: A Triangle for Adaora: An African Book of Shapes
AUTHOR: Onyefulu, Ifeoma
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Dutton Children's Books, 2000
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Africa in World History: From Prehistory to the Present
AUTHOR: Gilbert, Erik and Reynolds T., Jonathan
GENRE: Non- Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
PUBLISHER: New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall: 2004
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Africa in World History: From Prehistory to the Present
AUTHOR: Gilbert, Eric and Reynolds, Jonathan T.
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
PUBLISHER: Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2004
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Africa on Film and Videotape 1960-1981
AUTHOR: African Studies Center, Michigan State University
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of African Studies
PUBLISHER: Michigan: The African Studies Center, 1982
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Collection of Film Reviews

lTITLE: Africa Through Literature: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
AUTHOR: Mark da Silva, Margaret
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
PUBLISHER: Nigeria: 1990
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: African Kingdoms of the Past: Ghana, Mali, and Songhay
AUTHOR: Mann, Kenny
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: Parsippany: Dillon Press, 1996
COUNTRY:
NOTES: This book tells of the colorful legends and oral histories, geography and culture of the great African kingdoms from their founding to the colonial period.

lTITLE: African Mythology
AUTHOR: Parrinder, Geoffrey
GENRE: Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
PUBLISHER: New York: Barnes & Noble: 1967
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Cultural study

lTITLE: African Novels
AUTHOR: Hay, Margaret Jean
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of African Studies
PUBLISHER: Boulder: Lynee Rienner Publishers, 2000
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Collection of Novels

lTITLE: Alexandria Under the Ptolemies
AUTHOR: Calliope
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Petersborough: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 2001
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: Vol.12, Number 2, October 2001

lTITLE: Apartheid: Calibrations of Color
AUTHOR: Icarus World Issues Series
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 1991
COUNTRY: South Africa
NOTES: This Icarus volume shows a South Africa at once more complex in its self-identity and more familiar in its emotional escape, "a society in which the dignity of the human spirit has proven irrepressible."

lTITLE: Art and Civilization: Ancient Egypt
AUTHOR: Morris, Neil
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: K-8
PUBLISHER: New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 2000
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
AUTHOR: Musgrove, Margaret (2 copies)
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Pied Piper Books, 1976
COUNTRY:
NOTES: This is an authentic portrait of twenty-six African tribes, stunningly illustrated by award-winning artists.

lTITLE: Ayo and His Pencil
AUTHOR: Okoye, Ifeoma
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
PUBLISHER: Johannesburg: Heinemann, 1995
COUNTRY:
NOTES: A young boy named Ayo brings his red pencil to school and does everything with it. It is very important to him, so when he loses it, he becomes very sad.

lTITLE: Big Boy
AUTHOR: Mollel, Tololwa M.
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Clarion Books, 1995
COUNTRY: Tanzania
NOTES: Little Oli wants to be big enough to go bird hunting with his brother Mbachu, but he has to take a nap instead.

lTITLE: Boundless Grace
AUTHOR: Hoffman, Mary and Caroline Binch
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Grace, who lives in the United States, goes to Africa to visit her father and his new family.

lTITLE: Caught in the Act
AUTHOR: Sealey, Patricia
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Oxford: Heinemann, 1992
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Mpho's parents always giver her anything she asks for. One day she wants to buy chocolate for her friend Neo and herself. But she only has enough money for one bar of chocolate, so she steals another one.

lTITLE: Chika's House
AUTHOR: Okoye, Ifeoma
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
PUBLISHER: Johannesburg: Heinemann, 1995
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Cleopatra
AUTHOR: Stanley, Diane and Peter Vennema
GENRE: Biography
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1994
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: This storybook biography tells the tragic life of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.

lTITLE: Disorienting Encounters: Travels of a Moroccan Scholar in France in 1845-1846: The Voyage of Muhammad As-Saffar
AUTHOR: Miller, Susan Gilson (translator)
GENRE:
GRADE LEVEL:
PUBLISHER:
COUNTRY: Morocco / France
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lTITLE: Epic Ancestors of the Sunjata Era: Oral Tradition From the Maninka of Guinea
AUTHOR: Conrad, David C. - African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of African Studies
PUBLISHER: Madison: African Studies Program, 1999
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Cultural study

lTITLE: Fatuma's New Cloth
AUTHOR: Bulion, Leslie
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: North Kingstown: Moon Mountain Publishing, 2002
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Halala Means Welcome! A Book of Zulu Words
AUTHOR: Wilson-Max, Ken
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1998
COUNTRY: South Africa
NOTES: As two South African boys play, Zulu vocabulary is introduced;includes a glossary.

lTITLE: How Dog Began
AUTHOR: Baynes, Pauline
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1985
COUNTRY:
NOTES: This is a story of how the first dog was tamed. His name is Curr, an orphaned wolf cub, and he helps hunters kill the rats that come after their grain.

lTITLE: Ibn Battuta and the Lost Shadow
AUTHOR: Azzan, Abd al-Rahman
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: Cambridge: Hood Hood Books, 1996
COUNTRY: Morocco
NOTES: This is the fourth book in the series of the traveller's adventures. This time he discovers that his shadow has abandoned him and he goes on a journey to retrieve it.

lTITLE: Ibn Battuta in the Valley of Doom
AUTHOR: Azzan, Abd al-Rahman
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: London: Hood Hood Books, 1996
COUNTRY: Morocco
NOTES: This is the second book in the series of the traveller's adventures. This time his caravan must cross the dreaded Valley of Doom, where a fierce wind blows directly from hell.

lTITLE: Ibn Battuta Son of the Mighty Eagle
AUTHOR: Azzan, Abd al-Rahman
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: Cambridge: Hood Hood Books, 1996
COUNTRY: Morocco
NOTES: This is the third book in the series of the traveller's adventures. This time he heads for India byt never gets there. Instead he comes across a straw-built hut for love, crosses the shark-infested Red Sea and chews on a leaf in Yemen that makes him for

lTITLE: Ibrahim
AUTHOR: Sales, Francesc
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1984
COUNTRY: Morocco
NOTES: We see the colors and flavors of the Moroccan marketplace through the eyes of Ibrahim, who has just begun to work at a stand for his father. After entering the world of grownups, Ibrahim is not sure what he want to do for the rest of his life.

lTITLE: In Search of Sunjata: The Mande Oral Epic as History, Literature, and Performance
AUTHOR: Austen, Ralph A.
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: 12 and over
PUBLISHER: Bloomington and Indiana: Indiana UP, 1999
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: It Takes a Village
AUTHOR: Cowen-Fletcher, Jane
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Scholastic Press, 1994
COUNTRY: Benin
NOTES: On market day in a small village in Benin, Yemi tries to watch her little brother Kokou and finds out that the entire village is watching out for him too.

lTITLE: Jamela's Dress
AUTHOR: Daly, Niki
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1999
COUNTRY: South Africa
NOTES: Jamela gets into trouble when she takes the material intended for a new dress for Mama, parades it in the street, and allows it to become dirty and torn.

lTITLE: JAWS Catalog, 2001
AUTHOR: JAWS (4 copies)
GENRE: Children's Literature
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of K-5
PUBLISHER: Johannesburg: Heinemann Publishers, 2001
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: Kofi and the Eagle
AUTHOR: Kaye, Geraldine
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 3-5
PUBLISHER: Ibadan: Magnet Books, 1963
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: La Diversite En Afrique Francophone
AUTHOR: SPICE
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers French 9-12
PUBLISHER: Stanford: French Curriculum Project, 1991
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: La Vie Familiale en Afrique Francophone
AUTHOR: SPICE
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers French 9-12
PUBLISHER: Stanford: French Curriculum Project, 1991
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Ma'ami
AUTHOR: Launko, Okinba
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 3-5
PUBLISHER: Botswana: Heinemann, 1994
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Ma'ami and her young son are desparately poor and will do anything to earn enough money to live. She has always been the center of her son's world, but now he is longing for the father he has never known, a man who has a terrible secret . . .

lTITLE: Mac, The African Country Boy
AUTHOR: Macalou, O.A.
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Berkeley: OMAC Int'l Distributors, 2000
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Mansa Musa
AUTHOR: Burns, Khephra
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: San Diego: Gulliver Books, 2001
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Mansa Musa: African King of Gold
AUTHOR: Palumbo, Joe
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of 7-9
PUBLISHER: Los Angeles: National Center for History in the Schools - 1991
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Masquerade Time
AUTHOR: Ekwensi, Cyprian
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
PUBLISHER: Gaborone: Heinemann, 1991
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Masquerades can be dangerous, and that is why Ihanyi and his friend Andy have been locked up. However, they want to see it, so they decide to escape.

lTITLE: Master Weaver from Ghana
AUTHOR: Ahiagble, Gilbert "Bobbo" and Meyer, Louise
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-8
PUBLISHER: Greensboro: Open Hand Publishing, LLC, 1998
COUNTRY:
NOTES: This is an introduction for children to the craft of weaving in West Africa. Bobbo is a traditional weaver from Ghana, where his ancestors have been weavers for generations. Through his son Kweku's eyes, we learn about the family and community life in th

lTITLE: Memory of Kin: Stories about Family by Black Writers
AUTHOR: Washington, Mary Helen
GENRE: Non-Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
PUBLISHER: New York: Anchor Books: A Division of Random House, 1991
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: Miss John
AUTHOR: Boateng, Yaw Ababio
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
PUBLISHER: Johannesburg: Heinemann, 1991
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Joanna loves adventures but she is always getting into trouble. Everyone tells her that she behaves too much like a boy. However, she decides to prove that girls can be just as good at races and other typically male activities as boys are.

lTITLE: Mr. Pobee's Poda Poda
AUTHOR: Lawson, Omojowo V.
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Oxford: Heinemann, 1996
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Mr. Pobee drives his poda poda for the people of Foriwata. One day he takes the children on a special trip and becomes famous! It all starts when the poda poda breaks down . . .

lTITLE: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
AUTHOR: Steptoe, John
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Lothrop. Lee & Shepard Books, 1987
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Mufaro has two beautiful daughters- one is kind, the other is selfish. He has trouble deciding which of his daughters should marry the king, and his selfish daughter is determined to become the king's wife.

lTITLE: My Rows and Piles of Coins
AUTHOR: Mollel, Tololwa M.
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Clarion books, 1999
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Saruni could buy a lot of things at the market, but he chooses to save his money to buy his very own bicycle so that he can help his mother carry the heavy goods from the market back home.

lTITLE: Mzwakhe's Bike
AUTHOR: Murray, Sarah and Ellis, Rod
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
PUBLISHER: Oxford: Heinemann Resource Publishers, 1995
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Mzwakhe wants a bicycle, but a bike costs a lot of money. He stumbles across various bicycle parts and is able to assemble one with those parts.

lTITLE: No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa
AUTHOR: McKee, Tim
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 1998
COUNTRY: South Africa
NOTES: In their own words, a variety of teenagers from South Africa talk about their years growing up under apartheid and about the changes occurring in their country since.

lTITLE: No Turning Back
AUTHOR: Naidoo, Beverly
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: HarperTrophy, 1995
COUNTRY: South Africa
NOTES: Post-apartheid South Africa is on the eve of its first democratic elections. In this time of political change, Sipho is also going through a change of his own, and he does not know how long he can continue to survive.

lTITLE: Nuer Dilemmas: Coping with Money, War, and the State
AUTHOR: Hutchinson, Sharon E.
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: 12 and over
PUBLISHER: Berkeley: UC Press, 1996
COUNTRY: Sudan
NOTES: Cultural study

lTITLE: Ogbo: Sharing Life in an African Village
AUTHOR: Onyefulu, Ifeoma
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: San Diego: Gulliver Books, 1996
COUNTRY: Nigeria
NOTES: Cultural study

lTITLE: Only A Pigeon
AUTHOR: Kurtz, Jane and Christopher
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: k-3
PUBLISHER: New York: Simon & Schster Books: 1997
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: Salamatu and Kandoni Go Missing
AUTHOR: Brace, Steve
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Swindon: Child's Play (International) Ltd., 2000
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: Song Bird
AUTHOR: Mollel, Tololwa M.
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Clarion Books, 1999
COUNTRY: Tanzania
NOTES: An adaptation of a folktale from southern Africa, in which a magical bird helps a kind young girl get back her people's stolen cattle from Makucha the monster.

lTITLE: Sundiata - Lion King of Mali
AUTHOR: Wisnieweski, David (2 copies)
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Clarion Books, 1992
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
AUTHOR: Niane, D.T. (8 copies)
GENRE: Epic
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: Essex: Longman , 1965
COUNTRY: Mali
NOTES: This oral tradition of Sundiata has been handed down fromteh 13th century. It tells of the story of a son who united the twelve kingdoms of Mali into one of the most powerful empires ever known in Africa.

lTITLE: Tales from Africa
AUTHOR: Medlicott, Mary, compiler
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Kingfisher, 1995
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Twelve tales from contemporary African storytellers, coming from oral tradition. Includes notes on authors and stories. The range of stories reflects the diversity of Africa.

lTITLE: Tales of Ancient Egypt
AUTHOR: Lancelyn Green, Roger
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 5
PUBLISHER: New York:Puffin Books, 1967
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES:

lTITLE: Taxi to Johannesburg
AUTHOR: Bopape, Matlakala and Constable, Peta
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Oxford: Heinemann, 1993
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Tumi is going to Johannesburg by taxi. But the taxi breaks down and then it is stopped by a policeman. Will Tumi ever get to Johannesburg?

lTITLE: The African Mask
AUTHOR: Rupert, Janet E. (2 copies)
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Clarion Books, 1994
COUNTRY: Nigeria (Yoruba)
NOTES: Layo wants to spend her life creating pottery that her people are famous for. When she is sent to the king's city to be married, however, her work as a wife offers no room for her dream.

lTITLE: The Ancient Egyptians
AUTHOR: Manniche, Lise
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: London: British Museum Press, 1985
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: This book is full of activities that children can play for fun and learn about Ancient Egypt.

lTITLE: The Blue Faience Hippopotamus
AUTHOR: Grant, Joan
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-8
PUBLISHER: London: Green Tiger Press, 1984
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: This is a story about a magical hippopotamas who falls in love with an Egyptian princess and ends up giving her a special gift.

lTITLE: The Captive
AUTHOR: Hansen, Joyce
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1994
COUNTRY:
NOTES: It was supposed to be a day of celebration, honor and reverence but instead, it was the day Kofi became a slave. This survival story gives a unique account of slavery from the sufferer's perspective

lTITLE: The Day Gogo Went to Vote
AUTHOR: Sisulu, Elinor Batezat
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Thembi's great-grandmother, Gogo, hasn't left the house in years. But when Thembi's parents announce that black South Africans will be allowed to vote for the first time, Gogo announces that she will travel to the polls, and that Thembi must come with her

lTITLE: The Day of Ahmed's Secret
AUTHOR: Heide, Florence Parry and Gilliland, Judith Heide
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Lothrop, Lee& Shepard Books, 1990
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: Ahmed takes us all around town while he is keeping a special secret throughout the book.

lTITLE: The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
AUTHOR: Farmer, Nancy
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: New York: Scholastic Inc., 1994
COUNTRY: Zimbabwe
NOTES: This is a nonstop adventure of three children who steal out of the house and the detectives who are out to search for them. Their mission takes the reader through the cities and gives a witty projection of what the future could look like

lTITLE: The Egyptian Cinderella
AUTHOR: Climo, Shirley
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1989
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: As an orphan slave, the only thing that can make Rhodopis smile are the slippers given to her by her master. One day, however, a falcon

lTITLE: The Girl Who Knows About Cars
AUTHOR: Djoleto, Amu
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
PUBLISHER: Johannesburg: Heinemann, 1996
COUNTRY: South Africa
NOTES: A young girl named Esi rides in her father's car and learns about the different parts of it needed to make it run.

lTITLE: The Haunted Taxi Driver
AUTHOR: Sekyi, Kofi
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Johannesburg: Heinemann Publishers, 1991
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: The Hero With An African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa
AUTHOR: Ford, Clyde W.
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
PUBLISHER: New York: Bantam Books, 1999
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: The Hunter and the Ebony Tree
AUTHOR: LaTeef, Nelda
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: North Kingstown: Moon Mountain Publishing, 2002
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: The Middle Passage
AUTHOR: Feelings, Tom
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: New York: Dial Books, 1995
COUNTRY:
NOTES: With an introduction from noted historian Dr. John Henrik Clarke, this book traces the roots of the Atlantic slave trade through Tom Feeling's artwork.

lTITLE: The Myth of Isis and Osiris
AUTHOR: Cashford, Jules
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: Boston: Barefoot Books, 1993
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: A retelling of an ancient Egyptian myth about the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.

lTITLE: The New King
AUTHOR: Rappaport, Doreen
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995
COUNTRY: Madagascar
NOTES: Young Prince Rakoto learns to cope with his father's death through a well-known Malagasy tale about the moon and the banana tree.

lTITLE: The Nubians: People of the Ancient Nile
AUTHOR: Bianchi, Steven
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: Brookfield: The Millbrook Press, 1994
COUNTRY: Egypt, Sudan
NOTES: Traces the history of the ancient Nubians and their highly developed civilization along the Nile Valley

lTITLE: The Origins of Life on Earth
AUTHOR: Anderson, David D./SANKOFA
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Mt. Airy: Sights Productions
COUNTRY:
NOTES: This is a rare and wonderful Resource and cultural experience by preserving important mythology originating in the lands recognized as the cradle of civilization.

lTITLE: The Orphan Boy
AUTHOR: Mollel, Tololwa M. and Morin, Paul
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Clarion Books, 1990
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Although an old man is delighted than an orphan boy has come into his life, he becomes insatiably curious about the boy's mysterious powers.

lTITLE: The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
AUTHOR: Payne, Elizabeth
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
PUBLISHER: New York: Landmark Books, 1992
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: Cultural study

lTITLE: The Pyramids
AUTHOR: Calliope
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Petersborough: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 2001
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: Vol.12, Number 1, September 2001

lTITLE: The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay
AUTHOR: McKissack, Patricia and Frederick
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-8
PUBLISHER: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994
COUNTRY:
NOTES: The authors reveal the glory of the forgotten empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, which grew rich on gold, salt, and slave trade.

lTITLE: The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth
AUTHOR: Musgrove Margaret and Cairns, Julia
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: The Blue Sky Press, 2001
COUNTRY: Ghana
NOTES:

lTITLE: The Tales of Ancient Egypt
AUTHOR: Green, Roger Lancelyn
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: London: Puffin. 1967
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: This is a book of legends, as much as five thousand years old, from ancient Egypt.

lTITLE: The Travels of Ibn Battuta
AUTHOR: Azzan, Abd al-Rahman
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: Cambridge: Hood Hood Books, 1995
COUNTRY: Morocco
NOTES: This is the first in the series relating the amazing adventures of the Moroccan traveller throughout 44 countries.

lTITLE: Travellers
AUTHOR: Whiteley, Keith
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Oxford: Heinemann, 1994
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Thina, Tebogo and Nonkosi are three young travellers from Africa. In a violent land they face danger and fewa. But they also find love and kindness. Their journeys do not take them far, but by the end their lives are changed forever.

lTITLE: Tutankhamen's Gift
AUTHOR: Sabuda, Robert
GENRE: Biography
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Ontario: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES: This is the story of Tutankhamen, the ten-year old boy who became king of Ancient Egypt.

lTITLE: Tut's Mummy Lost . . . And Found
AUTHOR: Donnelly, Judy
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
PUBLISHER: New York: Random House, 1988
COUNTRY: Egypt
NOTES:

lTITLE: Vacation in the Village
AUTHOR: Njeng, Pierre Yves
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
PUBLISHER: Honesdale: Boyds Mills Press, 1999
COUNTRY:
NOTES: A boy discovers and takes pride in the customs of his people when he visits his family's village.

lTITLE: Voici L'Afrique Francophone
AUTHOR: Becker, Laurence - SPICE (2 copies)
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers French 9-12
PUBLISHER: Stanford: The Africa Project, 1986
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: What Do We Know About Africa
AUTHOR: Johnston, Deborah Smith - African Studies Center, Boston University (2 copies)
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of African Studies
PUBLISHER: Boston: African Studies Center, 1996
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: What Is A Resource
AUTHOR: Becker, Laurence - SPICE
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: K-8
PUBLISHER: Stanford: The Africa Project, 1985
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: Why is there Hunger in Africa? Nature Pleads Not Guilty
AUTHOR: Boston, Jane and Commins, Stephen - SPICE
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of 7-12
PUBLISHER: Stanford: Institute for International Studies, 1995
COUNTRY:
NOTES:

lTITLE: Why Leopard Has Spots
AUTHOR: Paye, Won-Ldy and Lippert, Margaret
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Golden: Fulcrum, 1998
COUNTRY: Liberia
NOTES: This is a book of authentic folktales from Liberia, put into clear and lyrical prose.

lTITLE: Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
AUTHOR: Dayrell, Elphinstone
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1968
COUNTRY:
NOTES: This is an African tale about why the sun and moon live in the sky as they do. The illustrations are influenced by all of Africa and not any one tribe or country.

lTITLE: Women of Tunisia: Their Struggle and Their Gains
AUTHOR: Tunisian External Communication Agency and the National Union of Tunisian Women
GENRE: Women's History
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Tunisian External Communication Agency and the National Union of Tunisian Women, March 1993
COUNTRY: Tunisia
NOTES: Cultural study

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