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11 Cards in this Set
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Overthrow of a government by force.
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Coup d etat
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The organization of African Unity, an organization formed in 1963 to promote unity among all Africans.
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OAU
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To help find a peaceful solution.
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Mediate
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The Economic Community of West African States, formed in 1975 to improve trade within Western Africa and with countries outside the region.
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ECOWAS
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A method of farming in which people grow food mainly to feed their own households.
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Subsistence farming
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A crop grown for sale.
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Cash Crop
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A special ceremony that marks the transition from one stage of life to another.
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Rite of passage
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An ethnic group in southwestern Nigeria.
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Yoruba
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An ethnic group in southwestern Nigeria.
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Igbo
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The largest ethinc group in Nigeria.
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Hausa
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A Yoruba man was the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in literature.
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Wole Soyinka
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