A | B |
kente | a brightly colored cloth of West Africa |
matrilineal | family descent traced through mothers rather than fathers |
African Diaspora | the spread of African people and culture around the world |
extended family | a family made up of several generationjs |
oral history | stories passed down verbally from generation to generation |
family | formed the basis of African society |
African trade | grew as trade with Arab merchants increased |
Portugal | the European country first to participate in the African slave trade |
cave paintings | the earliest form of African art |
music and storytelling | two ways that enslaved Africans kept memories of their homeland alive |