Jim Haskins (New York, NY) has written more than 100 nonfiction books for young readers. He is a Professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and winner of numerous awards, including The Washington Post Children's Book Guild Award for the body of his work and the Coretta Scott King Book Award.

• Introduction.PART ONE: HEROS OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL AFRICA.Imhotep.Piankhy.YoussefMansa Musa.Askia the Great.PART TWO: HEROES OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST EUROPEAN INCURSION.Nzingha.Osei Tutu.Moshesh.Cetewayo.Khama.Behanzin Hossu Bowelle.Rabah.Menelik II.Bambaata.PART THREE: HEROES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.Haile Selassie.Jomo Kenyatta.Albert John Luthuli.Kwame Nkrumah.Constance Cummings-John.Nelson Mandela.Albertina Sisulu.Sir Seretse Khama.Julius Nyerere.Kenneth Kaunda.Patrice Lumumba.Kofi Annan.Stephen Biko.Further Reading.Picture Credits.Index.

Jim Haskins (New York, NY) has written more than 100 nonfiction books for young readers. He is a Professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and winner of numerous awards, including The Washington Post Children's Book Guild Award for the body of his work and the Coretta Scott King Book Award.

• Introduction.PART ONE: HEROS OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL AFRICA.Imhotep.Piankhy.YoussefMansa Musa.Askia the Great.PART TWO: HEROES OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST EUROPEAN INCURSION.Nzingha.Osei Tutu.Moshesh.Cetewayo.Khama.Behanzin Hossu Bowelle.Rabah.Menelik II.Bambaata.PART THREE: HEROES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.Haile Selassie.Jomo Kenyatta.Albert John Luthuli.Kwame Nkrumah.Constance Cummings-John.Nelson Mandela.Albertina Sisulu.Sir Seretse Khama.Julius Nyerere.Kenneth Kaunda.Patrice Lumumba.Kofi Annan.Stephen Biko.Further Reading.Picture Credits.Index.