Africa Vocabulary WCMS

A family made up of several generations

• oral history

• dhow

• extended family

• spiritual

a gospel song

• dhow

• spiritual

• sugarcane

• Swahili

Tracing family history through mothers instead of fathers

• plateau

• matrilineal

• oral history

• clan

a grassy plant that is grown as a source of sugar

• clan

• sugarcane

• savanna

• plateau

stories told out loud and passed down from generation to generation

• clan

• spiritual

• Swahili

• oral history

a group of people who all share the same ancestors

• clan

• griot

• spiritual

• dhow

the unique culture of Africa's East Coast and the language spoken there

• Swahili

• dhow

• plateau

• matrilineal

a sailboat with a special triangle shaped sail

• Swahili

• dhow

• clan

• spiritual

an area of high, mostly flat land

• savanna

• clan

• plateau

• dhow

a traditional African storyteller

• matrilineal

• sugarcane

• griot

• clan