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Natalie Cooper is a Graphic Designer and illustrator from London. Of African-Caribbean descent, she is interested in African history and culture, particularly in that of the diaspora and has a Masters degree in Migration and Diaspora Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

African Musical Instruments is an educational children’s book written and illustrated by Natalie. It includes 21 full colour illustrations of instruments from mainly sub-Saharan Africa, with a little background on each, looking at when, where, and with whom it originated; when and how it is played; what the instrument is made of and its cultural significance; religious and spiritual usage; and its spread throughout the continent and indeed the world via enslaved Africans.