This is a topic that we probably need to address for every continent but is especially true for Africa. We have a special cultural blindness for Africa in the West and tend to paint all people in the continent with a single brush. Knight and Melnicove set out to correct this misconception in a simple but clear way. We are introduced to children in a variety of African nations going about their day - doing chores, going to school, interacting with friends and family. We see the parallels in their lives, of course, but also the marked differences in their dress, religion, level of technology, privilege. This is easy enough for even young readers to understand and would make an excellent addition to most any social studies collection.
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