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Across the Sahara
What is trans - Saharan?
Influence from the past
What is legacy?
Type of drumming that combines two or more different rhythms at the same time
What is polyrhythmic drumming?
Fixed social class into which person is born
What is a caste?
Something that combines elements of Greek and Roman culture and traditions
What is Greco - Roman?
Large, mostly flat area rises above the surrounding land.
What is a plateau?
Formal study and learning
What is scholarship?
Useful material found in the environment
What is a natural resource?
Man who dedicates himself to worshipping God
What is a monk?
Grand stone pillar
What is a stele?
Group of people descended from a common ancestor
What is lineage?
Having to with trade and business
What is commercial?
Wise saying
What is a proverb?
Connection based on family relationships
What is kinship?
Word used to describe Swahili city - states and their multistoried stone houses
What is a stone town?
Parklike landscape of grasslands with scattered trees that can survive dry spells found in tropical seasons with dry spells.
What is a savanna?
African musician - story teller who uses music and stories to track heritage and record history as well as entertain
What is a griot?
Division of jobs and skills in a society
What is labor specialization?
A practice or belief handed down from one generation to another
What is a tradition?
The passing on of something such as stories or history
What is a transmission?
Group of people who share a distinct culture, language and identity
What is an ethnic group?
Capturing something, especially in war
What is conquest?
The condition of being successful
What is prosperity?
Community’s cultural and historical background passed down in spoken stories and songs
What is oral history?
The power to cause change
What is influence?