| A | B |
|---|
| Coup d’etat | an overthrow of a government by force |
| Organization of Africa Unity | an organization formed in 1963 to promote unity among all Africans |
| mediate | to help find a peaceful solution |
| ECOWAS, Economic Community of West African States | formed in 1975 to improve trade within western Africa and with countries outside the region. |
| rite of passage | a special ceremony that marks the transition from one stage of life to another |
| subsistence farming | a method of farming in which people grow food mainly to feed there household then sell |
| cash crop | a crop grown for sale |
| Yoruba | an ethnic group in Southwestern Nigeria |
| Igbo | an ethnic group in Southeastern Nigeria |
| Hausa | the largest ethnic group in Nigeria |
| Wole Soyinka | writer of books |
| Great Zimbabwe | a stone city built by Shona people beginning in the 900sin that area is today is Zimbabwe |
| Masai | a nomadic ethnic group in Africa. |
| Zulu | an ethnic group in Africa |
| pastoralism | a way of life in which people raise cattle, sheep, or goats as there primary economic activity |
| overgrazing | a process in which animals graze grass faster than it can grow back |
| kinship | family relationships |
| veldt | flat grassland of Southern Africa |
| sanction | a penalty imposed upon a nation that is violating international law |
| Afrikaner | a descendant of the Dutch settlers of South Africa |
| Boer | one of a group of Dutch colonists in South Africa or one of there descendants. |
| Nelson Mandela | a leader of the ANC and the anti-apartheid movement |
| multiparty system | a political system which two or more party exist. |
| Swahili | a Bantu language spoken in Africa. |
| Harambee | a Swahili term that means “pulling together” and that is used in reference to Kenyan schools built by the government |
