This nonfiction book for readers age 6 and up won multiple awards at the 2020 Information Book Awards. Anyone who loves Anna Hibiscus books as much as I do will recognize the opening refrain from the Nigerian-English author’s books: “Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. In light of this occasion, today’s book is Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke. Happy belated Africa Day! Every year on May 25th, Africans observe the anniversary of the African Union (AU), an organization founded to eradicate colonialism and promote solidarity among African people all over the world. These are new countries that are struggling to become independent from old countries. So we are all from Africa, originally! Did you know that Africa is gigantic? It is as big as Europe, the USA, Mexico, India and Japan all put together! Did you know that no one can decide on the official number of African countries? This is because there are countries that are still unofficial. Did you know that the first human beings to walk this earth were African? They went on to populate the whole planet.
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