African icons: ten people who shaped history

Introduction: When Africa fueled the world

The Sahara yawns

Menes: Creator of Dynasties

Merneith: A Queen Erased

The dawn of egypt

Imhotep: From Peasant to God

Metal bonds

Aesop: The Wisest Man in the Ancient World

Across the waves

Haniibal Barca: Unparalleled Military Strategist

Terence: North African Playwright

Amanirenas: Warrior, Diplomat, Queen

Where few dared to tread

Tin Hinan: Founding a City on the Dunes

Across the golden sand

Mansa musa: The richest man of all time

The Catalan atlas

The power of the Griot

Libraries in the sand

The winds of change

Quee Idia: Kingmaker.