Sirga: Queen of the African Bush
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Title
Sirga: Queen of the African Bush
Collection
The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies
Names
Guillot, René, 1900-1969 (Author)
Marsh, Gwen (Translator)
Kiddell-Monroe, Joan (Illustrator)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1959
Place: New York
Publisher: Criterion Books
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Fic (Guillot, R. Sirga)
Subjects
Indigenous peoples -- Africa
Animals
Lion
Genres
Books
Children'S Literature
Illustrations
Physical Description
Extent: 192 p. illus. 22 cm.
Languages
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 59012198
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR1705953-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11571638
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 452edc60-7cf7-0134-c8cc-00505686a51c
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Date Issued
1959
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Sirga: Queen of the African Bush" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1959. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/452edc60-7cf7-0134-c8cc-00505686a51c
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1959). Sirga: Queen of the African Bush Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/452edc60-7cf7-0134-c8cc-00505686a51c
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Sirga: Queen of the African Bush" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/452edc60-7cf7-0134-c8cc-00505686a51c
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