Africa
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- plantation
- Huge farms
- dhow
- the sails that powered the sailboat (sailing ships)
- Mansa Musa
- a strong king who ruled the west African empire of Mali
- matrilineal
- people who traced their descendent through their mothers
- Kente
- Colorful woven cloth
- Swahili
- coming from the Arabic word "people of the coast" the unique culture of East Africa's caost and the language spoken there
- African Diaspora
- the spreading of African people and culture around the world
- Queen Nzinga
- a woman ruler who ruled lands in what are now Angola and Congo
- Sundiata Keita
- a great warrior whose name is "Lion Prince"
- oral history
- The stoties passed down from generation to generation
- clan
- a group of people descented from the same ancestor
- plateau
- an area of high, flat land that is elevated
- griot
- storytellers
- Bantu
- "the people" wanderers
- Timbuktu
- trading city