Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope With Her Song

ISBN-10: 0374303010
ISBN-13: 9780374303013
Author: Erskine, Kathryn
Illustrated by: Palmer, Charly
Interest Level: 1-5
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication Date: October 2017

Copyright: 2017

Page Count: 48

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Interest Level

Grades 1-5

Reading Level

Lexile: 630L
Accelerated Reader Level: 3.9
Accelerated Reader Points: 0.5

BISAC Subjects

Singers; South Africa; Biography; Juvenile literature

Singers; South Africa; Biography; Juvenile literature

Singers; South Africa; Biography; Juvenile literature

Description
A harrowing picture biography of civil-rights activist and Grammy Award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba. National Book Award-winning author, Kathryn Erskine, pairs up with newcomer Charly Palmer to convey Makeba's contributions to the anti-Apartheid movement, including her work with Nelson Mandela.