West Africa Art and Economy
This was valuable in people’s diets and was used to preserve and season foods.
What is salt?
History wasn't written down in West Africa, history was remembered through storytellers in a process known as this
What is oral tradition or oral history?
The first great West African trading center
What is Ghana?
Berbers were willing to trade with Songhai because they shared this religion.
WHAT IS ISLAM?
This mountain range is in North Africa, near the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
What are the Atlas Mountains?
The people of Ghana would exchange salt and gold through a process called this
What is the silent barter?
These people led desert caravans through the Sahara?
Who were the Berbers?
This is a belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits
What is animism?
These people are African storytellers who memorize and recite the names and histories of their people including memorizing family trees
What are griots?
Mali's location on this river allowed its people to control its trade
What is the Niger river?
West Africans made this type of visual art to honor ancestors & the gods and inspired artists around the world, including Pablo Picasso.
What are masks?
Kings (mansas) were able to raise profits for their empires by doing what?
By taxing the goods people brought into and then out of their empire
What was the Capital of Mali
Timbuktu
This founder of Mali became very rich by taxing trade and was able to construct impressive building in the kingdom of Mali
Who was Sundiata Keita?
The tropical Sahara desert climate could be described as this