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| Mansa Musa | A ruler of Mali, he traveled throughout the world including Mecca |
| Sundiata | First great king of Mali, he began its rise to power |
| Sunni Ali | King that set up trade rights with the Berbers |
| Askia the Great | A ruler of Songhai the became king after overthrowing the old government |
| kente | a hand-woven, brightly colored fabric |
| griot | a storyteller of West Africa |
| Oral history | spoken record of the past |
| Sahel | a strip of land with little rainfall that divides the desert from wetter lands |
| animism | belief that bodies of water, animals, trees and other natural objects have spirits |
| Dausi | a story of the history of Ghana |
| Timbuktu | an important trade city in the Mali empire |
| Overgrazing | all plant life is eaten by animals which leaves dry soil behind |
| Silent Barter | a process in which people exchnage goods without contacting each other directly |
| Rain forest | a moist, densely wooded area |
| extended family | All relatives, the father, mother, children, and others all live in one houesehold |
| Great Zimbabwe | founded in South Africa in the late 1000'2 as a small trading and herding center |
| savannah | open grassland with scattered trees |
| Cotton | a cloth fiber which helped keep people confortbale and cooler in the climate |
| Tunka Manin | great ruler of Ghana |
