Kings and Queens of West Africa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Scholastic Library Pub
- Publish date: 09/01/2000
Description:
Diouf gives readers the royal treatment by offering a look at an emperor, a king, and a queen: Mansa Musa (c 1280-1337), the Emperor of Mali who established trade and cultural relations with the Islamic World; Osei Tutu (c 1660-1717), the King of Asante (Ghana) who used his commercial ties with the Europeans to further his territorial expansion; and Ndate Yalla Mbodj (c 1810-1860), the Queen of the Walo of Senegal who tried to protect the trade and political independence of her kingdom from a French takeover.
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