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| Stateless Society | referring to sub-Saharan Africa after the bantu migrations that featured decentralized rule through family and kinship groups instead of strong centralized hierarchies |
| Sundiata | Founder of the mali empire, also the inspiration for the Sundiata, and Africa literary and mythological work |
| Mansu Musa | ruled Mali empire (1312-1337) he observed Islamic tradition by making his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324. |
| Kinship Groups | extended family and clans served as the main foundation of social and economic organizations in small scale agricultural socities |
| Age Grades | Bantu institution in which individuals of roughly the same age carried out communal tasks appropriate for that age |
| Creator God | they recognized a single divine force or make god as the agent responsible for setting the world in motion and providing it with order |
| Bananas | They found bananas on the island of Madagascar in 500. They provided nutritious supplement to the Bantu people as well as a great crop to trade |
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