West Africa

The balafon looks like a

After the arrival of Islam, succession became patrilineal, so the right to rule now passed

Griots had no impact on the music we have today

This system of silent barter had advantages like enabling people who spoke different languages to trade

The kora is a harplike instrument with 21 strings

A second festival isn’t called Eid al-Adha

Over time, a thriving Muslim community developed around

The Mande built an empire that reached from the Atlantic Ocean to beyond the Niger River

Griots aren’t poet-musicians who tell stories, sing songs of praise, and recite poems

The Sahara was not a good place for large settlements because it is extremely dry

Arab traders first brought camels to the Sahara around 300 C.E.

Arab Muslims commonly wore an Arab robe as

Arab scholars described Ghana As the “land of gold”

call-and-response is the action when a leader plays or sings a short phrase referred to as a call.

Students at Sankore studied under a single

A camel can drink up to 

Jenne-jeno was built where the Niger River intersects the Bani River

After his pilgrimage to Mecca, the Mali ruler Mansa Musa wanted to construct more mosques.

The city's people participated in many crafts like

Every village had its own griot who memorized all the important events that occurred there. 

The ngoni is

Griots today have been on

Smelting is not the process of melting ore to extract iron or other metals. 

Similar to Ghana, Mali gained much of its wealth from the control of

They discussed ethical behavior for

Salt was produced in two ways in the Sahara and they are

Villages that controlled the trade routes that became

This rich oral tradition passed from