Amina of Zazzau: The Queen Who Built Walls - Softcover

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What if a school history project could carry you hundreds of years into the past?
Twelve-year-old Zahra Musa has one big problem: she asks far too many questions.
When her teacher assigns a project about African heroes, Zahra chooses Amina of Zazzau, the legendary woman remembered through generations of stories about leadership, warfare and power. But the more Zahra researches, the more questions she discovers.
What really happened?
What does oral tradition remember?
And how can we know what is history and what has become legend?
Everything changes when an old family bracelet—the mysterious Horse of Memory—sends Zahra racing through time into historic Zazzau.
There she meets a young Amina before she becomes the famous figure remembered by later generations. Together they journey through bustling markets, fortified settlements, trade routes and communities filled with builders, craftspeople, storytellers and families.
But something dangerous is following them.
The terrible Dust of Forgetting is stealing names, stories and memories. To stop it, Zahra and Amina must uncover five magical Marks:
The Ear. The Eye. The Hand. The Heart. The Footprint.
Along the way, Zahra discovers that courage does not mean having no fear, leadership is about understanding what truly matters, and history is much bigger than the lives of famous rulers.
Blending African history, adventure, humour, mystery and mythology-inspired fantasy, Amina of Zazzau introduces young readers to the historic Hausa world while encouraging them to question evidence, explore oral traditions and understand how knowledge of the past survives.
Perfect for readers ages 8–12 who love time travel, courageous heroines, magical quests and discovering the extraordinary histories of Africa.
Because when history is forgotten, it can be searched for.
When it is discovered, it can be protected.
And when we learn—
we pass it on.

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