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Boomba Lives in Africa

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Title

Boomba Lives in Africa

Collection

The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies

Names

Singer, Caroline, 1888-1963 (Author)
Baldridge, Cyrus Leroy, 1889-1977 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1935
Place: New York
Publisher: Holiday House

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc +Fic (Singer, C. Boomba lives in Africa)

Subjects

Children, Black -- Africa
Blacks
Africa, West

Genres

Books
Children'S Literature

Physical Description

Extent: [64] p. col. illus. 26 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

Library of Congress Control Number: 35018845
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR7354067-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11759473
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 515e7050-5c1b-0134-44b0-00505686a51c

Rights

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Date Issued

1935

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Boomba Lives in Africa" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1935. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/515e7050-5c1b-0134-44b0-00505686a51c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1935). Boomba Lives in Africa Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/515e7050-5c1b-0134-44b0-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Boomba Lives in Africa" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/515e7050-5c1b-0134-44b0-00505686a51c

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