Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song
by Kathryn Erskine
Picture book · ages 6–10 · grades 1–5 · 620L · 2017
Why we'd hand it over
A vivid, age-appropriate introduction to apartheid and artistic resistance through the life of one of history's greatest singers — the illustrations and Erskine's lyrical prose make a complex history accessible without sanitizing it.