A special introductory page for each part of the continent contains a list of countries, facts and greetings from the languages of the people who reside there. The book contains an informative introduction and the countries are grouped by region (Southern Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa and North Africa). Through vibrant illustrations by Mouni Feddag, winner of the Hans Maid Prize for Book Illustration, Atinuke takes readers on a colorful and fact-filled journey to all 55 countries of the continent from Algeria to Angola and Senegal to Somalia. This nonfiction book for readers age 6 and up won multiple awards at the 2020 Information Book Awards. Anyone who loves Anna Hibiscus books as much as I do will recognize the opening refrain from the Nigerian-English author’s books: “Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. In light of this occasion, today’s book is Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke. Happy belated Africa Day! Every year on May 25th, Africans observe the anniversary of the African Union (AU), an organization founded to eradicate colonialism and promote solidarity among African people all over the world. These are new countries that are struggling to become independent from old countries.
So we are all from Africa, originally! Did you know that Africa is gigantic? It is as big as Europe, the USA, Mexico, India and Japan all put together! Did you know that no one can decide on the official number of African countries? This is because there are countries that are still unofficial. Did you know that the first human beings to walk this earth were African? They went on to populate the whole planet.
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