Ebook Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali P James Oliver Books

Product details Paperback 128 pages Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 26, 2013) Language English ISBN-10 146805354X

Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali P James Oliver Books Reviews

• I liked the simplicity and clarity of the book and the story. Have taught about this for years in my college Introduction to African Civilizations classes. My concern is with the hidden information about the author. There is no background nor an image of the author to be found, at least from my searches, anywhere on the internet. Additionally, the author's name does not appear on the cover of the book and the publisher's name is not found on or within the book. This may be due to the author being a novice publisher and simply not knowing. It does not say much for 's vigilance. On the other hand, the motive for these omissions coupled with the author's secrecy about him/herself could have nefarious implications. In any event, to prevent wild speculation, the author should reveal who they are. Otherwise a good and useful book.
• Informative info, but people who purchase this book should know that it is formatted like a kid's book. Which is great, especially if you want to teach your kids something about African History.
• This was an easy read. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the richest man who ever lived. The story was told in a clear concise manner. The author shared interesting facts and archaeological pictures that added to the beautiful story. The story's format is great for children and adults alike. I hope one day to see a movie made of this story.
• Like most Western-educated people, I know almost no pre-colonial African history. In particular, I had no idea that in the 14th century the empire of Mali ranked with the greatest in the globe. This book begins to fill a significant hole in my education. It is easy to read and I enjoyed the whimsical graphics. Attention teachers! You need this book.
• This book provides an engaging narrative of the history of Mansa Musa's reign of an the African Mali empire that rivaled and even surpassed it's European counterparts. If you are interested in African history or world history in general to be honest, you need to get this book. I used the text to speech feature to have it read to me and it was a good experience. I learned a lot without actually having to read the text, I just listened.
• Well written and full of detail. Positive stories out of west African history are few and far between,Oliver's story helps me believe this may be due to a lack of documentation and not a lack of material. An easy read with beautiful illustration, I would highly recommend for anyone with an interest in African history. Stories like this need to make it into our school's curriculum, our children need to know that African history is more than slavery,genocide, famine and Nelson Mandela.
• I enjoyed reading this book, because it gave me new insights on ancient pre-colonial Africa. The drawings, responsible imagining style conversations and descriptions of sites, emotions and events occasionally leave the impression that the book was written to primary school readers. That is a shame, as this potentially disqualifies it from being taken seriously by adults or professional historians.
  
  Still, I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of the empires of Africa.
• I second the review that says, "I would like to see a move made of this story". I was just thinking that a movie should be made about this book after I read it today, and before I came back to , and saw that review. I ordered the kindle version of this book today and read it cover to cover. Now, I am back on looking for similar books about different people, because this book was so fascinating. Who knows, now that the Black Panther did well in the box office, maybe someone will create a movie about this.