Eastern & Southern Africa Vocabulary

Dutch, French, and other European farmers in colonial South Africa.

• Boers

• Swahili

• Bantu

to focus on the environment and seeks to minimize environmental impact

• ethnocentrism

• genocide

• ecotourism

native to a region

• ecotourism

• fossil

• indigenous

Official South African government policy separating black and white South Africans.

• genocide

• apartheid

• ethnocentrism

preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant

• fossil

• indigenous

• poaching

South African organization that worked for black civil rights

• African Union

• Union of African States

• African National Congress

group that operates with private funding

• ethnocentrism

• nongovernmental organization

• Swahili

illegal hunting

• ecotourism

• apartheid

• poaching

Bantu language that has many Arabic elements and words from other languages.

• Swahili

• Boer

• AIDS

a part of the savanna in Kenya and Tanzania, home to many animals such as elephants and gazelles

• Great Rift Valley

• Serengeti

• Kalahari