Mama Africa! : how Miriam Makeba spread hope with her song / Kathryn Erskine ; illustrated by Charly Palmer.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374303013
- 0374303010
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Makeba, M. E73 | Available | 33111008697746 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
A harrowing picture biography of civil-rights activist and Grammy Award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba.