Africa Review

This was the secret source of gold located near the forests of Ghana.

trading empire that flourished in western Africa from the 13th to the 16th century

First great ruler of Songhai, who established the empire

Ruler of the Songhai empire from 1493 to 1528 who expanded the empire and organized its government

a strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas

Group claiming a common ancestor

an ancient Nubian kingdom whose rulers controlled Egypt between 2000 and 1000 B.C.

small scale and low technology agriculture; emphasizes food production for local consumption, not for trade.

relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother

West African state that supplied the majority of the world's gold from 500 CE-1400's

trading center, and powerful Christian ancient kingdom in northern present-day Ethiopia

An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes

Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca 

Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning

A Muslim place of worship

Money and goods go to the bride's family The bride is considered important, or worth more to the family

a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591

large kingdom that controlled gold mines; "great stone house" (1300s-1500s)

member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers

group of families related by blood or marriage

A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland. is called a griot

relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the father

the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times

non-kinship-based corporate system in which members, usually of one sex, are organized into groups 

a kingdom that arose near the Niger River delta in the 1300s and became a major West African state in the 1400s