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14 Cards in this Set
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hunter-gatherers
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people who moved from place to place in search of food
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griots
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storytellers
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missionaries
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group who wanted to convert Africans to Christianity
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discrimination
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unfair and unequal treatment of a group
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malnutrition
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poor health due to not eating the right foods
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Mansa Musa
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famous ruler of Mali
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rural villages
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where most people south of the Sahara live
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Great Zimbabwe
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empire in southern Africa
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nationalism
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a people's desire to rule themselves
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rites of passage
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special ceremonies that mark life stages
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Bantu
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ancient people who migrated west and south from Nigeria
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Axum
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ancient kingdom in present-day Ethiopia and the center of African Christianity
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Swahili
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the most widely spoken language in African south of the Sahara
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Ghana
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The first African country to regain its independence after World War II
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