Occurs when farmers only grow enough crops for their personal use.

They were the historians of ancient Africa.

Farming peoples who spoke dialects of the family of languages migrated into:

Refers to a mixed African-Arabian culture and a major language spoken by the peoples of coastal Africa.

Broad grasslands dotted with trees and shrubs are called:

A consists of a group of independent villages with a local ruler.

A society traces its descent through the mother. What is this type of society called?

Larger communities formed from extended families are known as:

Are people who communicate with the gods and possess the power to foretell the future.

Semiarid region in Africa just south of the Sahara that separates the desert from wetter areas.