African Civilizations

tropical grasslands with small trees and bushes

• Swahili

• extended family

• savanna

a group of people who all share the same ancestor

• clan

• plateau

• oral history

a grassy plant that is grown as a source of sugar

• spiritual

• sugarcane

• griot

an area of high, mostly flat land

• plateau

• clan

• extended family

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

• sugarcane

• Swahili

• savanna

stories told out loud and passed down from generation to generation

• spiritual

• griot

• oral history

a traditional African storyteller

• oral history

• griot

• clan

a gospel song

• spiritual

• sugarcane

• plateau

a family made up of several generations

• Swahili

• savanna

• extended family