Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song
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An inspiring picture-book biography of iconic singer and activist Miriam Makeba by National Book Award winner Kathryn Erskine.
Miriam Makeba, a Grammy Award-winning South African singer, rose to fame in the hearts of her people at the pinnacle of apartheid--a brutal system of segregation similar to American Jim Crow laws. Mama Africa, as they called her, raised her voice to help combat these injustices at jazz clubs in Johannesburg; in exile, at a rally beside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and before the United Nations. Set defiantly in the present tense, this biography offers readers an intimate view of Makeba's fight for equality. Kathryn Erskine's call-and-response style text and Charly Palmer's bold illustrations come together in a raw, riveting duet of protest song and praise poem. A testament to how a single voice helped to shake up the world--and can continue to do so.Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374303010
ISBN13:9780374303013
Release Date:October 2017
Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Length:48 Pages
Weight:0.98 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 8.1" x 11.3"
Age Range:6 to 10 years
Grade Range:Grades 1 to 5
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