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100 1 _aOso, Maisha,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBefore the ships :
_bthe birth of Black excellence /
_cwritten by Maisha Oso ; illustrated by Candice Bradley.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bOrchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.,
_c2024.
300 _a1 volume (unpaged) :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c29 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _aTakes readers back in time to before the advent of the Transatlantic slave trade. We see the grandness of African royalty, the bravery of warriors like the Queen of Kush, and stories being told in song with griots and drums.
650 0 _aChildren's poetry, American.
650 0 _aAfricans
_vJuvenile poetry.
650 0 _aSelf-esteem
_vJuvenile poetry.
650 1 _aAfricans
_vPoetry.
650 1 _aSlave trade
_vPoetry.
650 1 _aSelf-esteem
_vPoetry.
651 1 _aAfrica
_xHistory
_vPoetry.
650 1 _aAmerican poetry.
655 7 _aPoetry.
_2lcgft
700 1 _aBradley, Candice,
_eillustrator.
521 2 _aK-3
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