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Oluwalase Babatunde Benson, the No. 1 car spotter in his community, must come up with a solution when the cart breaks down and the villagers cannot get their goods to the market.

Presents a collection of short stories and poems by authors from both continents about life in various African countries and some of the experiences and impressions of Americans in Africa and of Africans in America.

Six brief biographies of African princesses from Hatshepsut of Ancient Egypt to the contemporary Elizabeth of Toro.

Told from three perspectives, Sarel, who just witnessed the brutal murder of her parents, Nandi, the leader of a pack of dogs who looks out for her pups and Sarel, and Musa, an escaped prisoner with the water song inside him, struggle to survive in a land without water.

When a military coup occurs in the constantly war-torn African country of Nagala, teenage Paul is forced to flee into the open countryside to avoid enemy soldiers who seek his life.

A pictorial account of the traveler and pilgrim Ibn Battuta in the fourteenth century, following him from Morocco to Jerusalem to Mecca and to the edges of the known world.

Taken from Africa to a foster home in London after his family is killed by an enemy tribe, Kaninda discovers the meaning of hate and the value of not hating.

Eighteen-year-old Heather travels as a volunteer to Africa, where she provides direly needed medical help in Kenya and Uganda and hopes to act as God's hands on Earth.

Cryptozoologist Tork Darwyn and his wife, teacher Tara Darwyn, set off to Africa to search for a living dinosaur, confronting cave monkeys, skunk apes, yeti, and a mothman along the way.

Luc, a youth born with one ear and raised by a drunken father in fifteenth-century France, finds a better home with fisherman Pons, his sister Mattie, and their ward Beatrice, the daughter of a disgraced knight, and even after being kidnapped and sold into slavery in Africa, he remains remarkably fortunate.

A story about the origin of the zebra's stripes, in which the drab, colorless, coatless animals of the savanna happen upon a mysterious cave containing wonderful, colorful coats--all except for Zebra, whose greed leads him to suffer a wardrobe malfunction.

Jafta describes some of his everyday feelings by comparing his actions to those of various African animals.

A young African drummer learns the difference between extremes and moderation when the King of the Forest teaches him to say "yes" instead of "no.

After being separated from her grandfather in the forest, a young African girl sees elephant poaching firsthand when she rescues a baby elephant whose mother has been killed by hunters.

A brief overview of the geography, wildlife, history, and people of Africa.