| A | B |
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| migrated from the region south of the Sahara to central and southern Africa over 2,000 years ago. | Bantu |
| We followed rivers and streams as we migrated. | Bantu |
| Our migration was one of the largest in Africa's history. | Bantu |
| Early on, many of us were farmers and animal herders. | Bantu |
| Today over 60 million people in central and southern Africa speak a form of our language | Bantu |
| Some of my ethnic group are animists believing that spirits can be found in natural objects and surroundings. | Bantu |
| We may feel a spiritual presence in rocks, trees, and waterfalls. | Bantu |
| Our ethnic group developed along the east coast of Africa when Arab and Persian traders began to settle there. | Swahili |
| Our language is Bantu based, yet there are manyArabic words and phrases included in our language. | Swahili |
| In Arabic, this word means, "one who lives near the coast." | Swahili |
| Many of us are fishers and traders, just as our ancestors were, but most of us live in cities today. | Swahili |
| Because of our contact with Arab traders, most of us are Muslims. | Swahili |
| Many of our men wear charms around their necks which contain verses from the Quran. | Swahili |
| We follow local beliefs known as "mila." one belief is that spiorits can possess a person. | Swahili |
| We spread into N. Africa in the late 600s AD when the first Muslim armies arrived in Egypt | Arabs |
| Wherever we went we took Islam and the Arabic language with us. | Arabs |
| This was necessary for us to read the Quran, Islam's holy book | Arabic |
| We traveled across the Sahara desert trading gold and salt | Arabs |
| We nake up the majority of the people along the Mediterranean coast and Indian Ocean | Arabs |
| Many of us are found in the modern day country of Ghana. | Ashanti |
| We believe our kingdom was founded in 1701 when a holy man produced a Golden Stool from the heavens. | Ashanti |
| Our Golden Stool symbolizes the power of our nation. | Ashanti |
| Our religous belief is centered on the belief of a supreme god called "Nayme" and Nayme's many children called the "Abosom." | Ashanti |
| We believe that all living things have souls. We also believe in witches, demons, fairies, and forest monsters. | Ashanti |
