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Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali
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Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali (2001) (edit title/settings)

by Khephra Burns (Author) (edit contributors)

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When an evening celebration in his village is disrupted by the cries of slave raiders, young Kankan Musa runs to find his spear, but in a moment he is taken. Suddenly, the world he has known is gone. Is he to be a slave? Or will destiny carry this son of a proud people to a different future?... read more

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  • “Tariq al-Aya talked of the ways of the nomadic Tuareg, Wodaabe, and Bedouin...In almost everything--the stories, the songs, and even the silences--there were valuable lessons.”
  • “Kankan learned that to survive, the desert dweller must constantly be alert to a thousand different signs telling him where he is, where others are, where food may be found.”
  • “Kankan understood that there was an exchange of ideas and of cultures taking place here, with the peoples of the greatest nations of the world all taking part.”

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In the years after the death of the King Sundiata, the glory that had once surrounded the kingdom of Mali began to fade.

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  1. Khephra Burns (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Gulliver Books
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Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0152003754
Page Count: 56

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