Ch. 08 Vocab W. Africa (MH)

A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region

• savannas

• plateau

• griots

• clan

a gospel son

• Swahili

• spiritual

• sugarcane

• savannas

a grassy plant that is a natural source of sugar

• Swahili

• spirituals

• sugarcane

• savannas

a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and the adjacent coast

• Swahili

• spirituals

• sugarcane

• savannas

an area of high and mostly flat land

• griots

• clan

• plateau

• matrilineal

tracing descent through mothers rather than fathers

• griots

• clan

• plateau

• matrilineal

traditional storyteller

• clan

• griots

• plateau

• matrilienal

a group of people descended from the same ancestor

• clan

• convert

• griots

• plateau

to accept a new belief; to bring from one belief to another

• clan

• plateau

• griots

• convert