"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--

After returning to the United States, Peter's whole family misses the warmth and friendliness of their life in Africa; so Peter's father looks for another job there.

Presents an illustrated introduction to Africa's ancient empires, and includes discussion of African music and dance, art and religion, trade with Europe, and slavery and colonization.