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Article: Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali. (Picture Books).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
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- The Horn Book Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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Khephra Burns Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali; illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon
56 pp. Gulliver/Harcourt 10/01 ISBN 0-15-200375-4 18.00 (Intermediate, Middle School)
Mansa Musa ruled Mali during the fourteenth century and demonstrated his kingdom's wealth by leading a richly caparisoned caravan of thousands of Malinke on pilgrimage to Mecca--that much is part of the historical record. From this historic material Khephra Burns invents a story of Kankan Musa's childhood that is part coming-of-age tale, part cautionary tale, and part fairy tale. After a raid on his village, Kankan is sold to a Tuareg named Tariq al-Aya, who teaches him how to survive in the ...