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Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke. Illustrated by Mouni Feddag. 80 p. Candlewick Press, November, 2021.9781536205374.
Happy Friday! Fact Friday features Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke and illustrated by Mouni Feddag. I am often dismayed at how many people think Africa is a country. It is a vast continent comprised of 55 countries rich in culture and history. Nigerian storyteller, Atinuke, makes her first foray into nonfiction writing with this colorful, slightly over-sized overview of Africa.The author shares everything she loves about her home continent and acknowledges in her introduction that she only had room for two or three favorite things per country, making this browseable book a wonderful impressionistic overview rather than a source for many facts. That said, it's a wonderfully energetic and colorful overview!
Starting in Southern Africa, the book wends its way up to East Africa to West Africa to Central Africa before ending with the countries comprising North Africa. Readers learn how to say "Welcome" in each of the countries, two maps show the area both close up and inside Africa as a whole. The illustrations are as exuberant as the writing and add appeal. Don't skip the back matter for information on further reading, as readers will definitely want to learn more about this "amazing" continent.
Africa, Amazing Africa is a lovely introduction to any library.
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