African Heroes (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Naomi Margaret Haldane
- First Published: 1968
- Time of Work: The early thirteenth century to the late nineteenth century
- Setting: Africa
- Principal Characters: Sundiata, Mai Idris Alooma, Nzinga Kuwu, Osei Tutu, Jubo Jubogha, Shaka, Moshesh, Kgamanyane, Lobengula, Cetshwayo
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Politics, Colonialism, Kings, queens, or royalty, Rulers, Heroes or heroism, Biography
- Locales: Africa
Form and Content
In African Heroes, Naomi Mitchison describes in a narrative literary style eleven powerful and influential African leaders. These men—some kings, such as Shaka, Lobengula, and Cetshwayo, and some astute statesmen, such as Kgamanyane—are described in heroic terms. They consistently displayed ingenuity in developing, organizing, and defending their countries through trade, commerce, and war during the encroachment of European colonialism. The historical account of each leader is documented through primary sources (often located in diaries of the...
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