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Africa / written by Yvonne Ayo ; photographed by Ray Moller & Geoff Dann.
LIBRA - Rare DT22 .A96 1995 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ayo, Yvonne.
- Series:
- Eyewitness books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- Africa--History--Juvenile literature.
- Africa.
- Africa--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
- Africa--History.
- Africa--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Literature.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Children's nonfiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 63 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Distributed by Random House.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
- Contents:
- A land of contrasts
- A place to live
- Great civilizations
- Building a house
- Home life
- Life in the compound
- Finding food
- Pattern and color
- Sports and entertainment
- Female dress
- Male attire
- Self-adornment
- Rulers and leaders
- Religion and beliefs
- Myth and magic
- Medicine and healing
- A way of death
- Nations at war
- Into battle
- Weapons and armor
- Barter and exchange
- A slave's journey
- Crafts and skills
- The lost-wax process
- Gold of the Asante
- Masks and masquerade
- Musical instruments
- Masquerade performed.
- Notes:
- "A Dorling Kindersley book"--Title page verso.
- This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB Library of Joanna Banks".
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ayo, Yvonne. Africa.
- ISBN:
- 0679973346
- 9780679973348
- 0679873341
- 9780679873341
- 0789466104
- 9780789466105
- OCLC:
- 32014907
- Online:
- Publisher description
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