Africa Vocabulary

Tropical grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs

• Griot

• Savanna

• Plateau

• Sugarcane

An area of high and mostly flat land

• Plateau

• Savanna

• Griot

• Spiritual

Traditional story tellers

• Dhow

• Clan

• Griot

• Spiritual

Sailboat using wind catching triangular sails

• Dhow

• Griot

• Swahili

• Clan

A group of people descended from the same ancestor

• Extended family

• Matrilineal

• Clan

• Dhow

The unique culture of Africa's east coast and the language spoken there

• Swahili

• African

• English

• Islamic

A family made up of several generations

• Clan

• Extended family

• Matrilineal

• Tribe

Tracing family descent through mothers rather then fathers

• Hatrilineal

• Natrilineal

• Patrilineal

• Matrilineal

Stories passed down from generation to generation

• Matrilineal

• Fables

• Dhow

• Oral History

A grassy plant that is a natural source of sugar

• Sugarcane

• Sugarstalks

• Sugarbush

• Sugartree