Medieval Africa Review

storyteller

• Swahili

• griot

• savanna

• spiritual

tracing descent through mothers family rather than fathers

• griot

• matrilineal

• plateau

• spiritual

grassy plant that is a natural source of sugar

• sugarcane

• spiritual

• Swahili

• savanna

gospel song

• plateau

• savanna

• Swahili

• spiritual

stories passed down from generation to generation

• extended family

• griot

• oral history

• matrilineal

an area of high, mostly flat land

• savanna

• plateau

• sugarcane

• Swahili

unique culture and language of Africa's East Coast

• extended family

• oral history

• Swahili

• griot

a group of people descended from the same ancestor

• clan

• griot

• savanna

• dhow

sailboat that uses wind-catching, triangular sails

• savanna

• griot

• dhow

• savanna

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

• griot

• sugarcane

• plateau

• savanna