African icons: ten people who shaped history

INTRODUCTION: WHEN AFRICA FUELED THE WORLD

THE SAHARA YAWNS

MENES: Creator of Dynasties

MERNEITH: A Queen Erased

THE DAWN OF EGYPT

IMHOTEP: From Peasant to God

METAL BONDS

AESOP: The Wisest Man in the Ancient World

ACROSS THE WAVES

HANNIBAL BARCA: Unparalleled Military Strategist

TERENCE: North African Playwright

AMANIRENAS: Warrior, Diplomat, Queen

WHERE FEW DARED TO TREAD

TIN HINAN: Founding a City on the Dunes

ACROSS THE GOLDEN SAND

MANSA MUSA: The Richest Man of All Time

THE CATALAN ATLAS

THE POWER OF THE GRIOT

LIBRARIES IN THE SAND

THE WINDS CHANGE

QUEEN IDIA: Kingmaker.