8-2 African Society and Culture

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Plaetau

a relatively high, flat land area

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Sahel

the semi-dry region of Africa between the Sahara + the grasslands of the savanna

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Savanna

broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs

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Kinship

connection through common ancestors or tribal relations

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Matrilineal

tracing lineage (descent of ancestors) through the mother

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Pareilineal

tracing lineage through the father

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Griot

a special class if African story tellers who helped keep a people’s history alive

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Animism

the belief that all natural things (animals + objects) contains spirits

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Diviner

a person who is believed to have the power to foretell events