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Ekiuwa Aire

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https://www.our-ancestories.com

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Children's, Historical Fiction, Biography

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Ekiuwa Aire was born and raised in Benin City, Edo, Nigeria. Ekiuwa’s passion for African history emerged when she left Nigeria for Canada in 2007. When she became a mother, Ekiuwa realized that there were not a lot of resources to introduce African history to her young children. She wanted her kids (and other kids) to develop an appreciation for African history and to value the wisdom and pride that will come from this knowledge. This desire spurred her to write her first picture book about Queen Idia, Idia of the Benin Kingdom.

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	Idia of the Benin Kingdom by Ekiuwa Aire (Goodreads Author), Alina Shabelnyk (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 212 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba by Ekiuwa Aire (Goodreads Author), Natalia Popova (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 104 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imhotep of Ancient Kemet by Ekiuwa Aire (Goodreads Author), Simbarashe Langton Vera (Illustrator), Anastasia Kyrpenko (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idia of the Benin Kingdom: Coloring and Activity Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunjata of the Mande Empire by Ekiuwa Aire (Goodreads Author), Alina Shabelnyk (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunjata of the Mandé Empire by Ekiuwa Aire (Goodreads Author), Alina Shabelnyk (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Njinga wa Ndongo na Matamba: a Swahili translation of Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba (Our Ancestories by Ekiuwa Aire (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imhotep wa Kemet ya Kale: a Swahili translation of Imhotep of Ancient Kemet (Our Ancestories by Ekiuwa Aire (Goodreads Author), Anastasia Kyrpenko (Illustrator), Simbarashe Langton Vera (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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5 Books Your Kids Should Read Before Black History Month

We’ve heard of people asking why it is important to read African history books, since we’re a few weeks away from Black history month here’s why? Precolonial African history is not well shown in the media, even present-day culture and vast lands of Africa hasn’t been well shown in the media. Africa has a long history of over 180 kingdoms which has been reduced to 54 countries, over 10,000 language

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