Africa
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Ayo, Yvonne
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DK Publishing 2000
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Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the peoples of a vast and mysterious continent. Superb color photographs offer a unique "eyewitness" view of the people, houses, tools and artifacts of African cultures and civilizations. See the gold of King Kofi-Karikari of the Asante, a priest'scostume made of bird's feathers, a traveler's magic charm, the flywhisks and crowns of the Obas of Nigeria and the incredible distorted masks of the Bamileke of Cameroon. Learn how bronzes were made by the lost-wax process, about the journey of a slave from Africa to North America, how elephants were trapped by hunter-gatherers, what life in a compound is like and how much metal would buy a wife.Discover what ulani warriors and their horses wore into battle, how a thatched house is built, the mysteries of the secret societies and how gourds are carved.And much, much more!

Featuring an extra-sturdy library binding!

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Street Date:
7/5/2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780756657857
Lexile code:
IG: Illustrated Guide
Lexile measure:
1170

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Yvonne Ayo. (2000). Africa. DK Publishing.

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Yvonne Ayo. 2000. Africa. DK Publishing.

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Yvonne Ayo. Africa. DK Publishing, 2000.

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Featuring an extra-sturdy library binding!

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Featuring an extra-sturdy library binding!

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