African Town

{{Short description|2022 fiction novel}}

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| author = Irene Latham
Charles Waters

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Africa Town is a 2022 young adult historical fiction novel written by Irene Latham and Charles Waters.[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652993/african-town-by-charles-waters-and-irene-latham/ Penguinandrandomhouse.com]{{cite web |title='African Town' traces the history of the last slave ship sent to the U.S. |website=NPR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413034339/https://www.npr.org/2022/01/02/1069739420/african-town-traces-the-history-of-the-last-slave-ship-sent-to-the-u-s |archive-date=2023-04-13 |url-status=live |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/02/1069739420/african-town-traces-the-history-of-the-last-slave-ship-sent-to-the-u-s}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/irene-latham/african-town/ |title=AFRICAN TOWN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}} It tells the story of the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved people to the United States.