Chapter 9: Encounter: Contact and the Clash of Cultures
Across
- 2. the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more lines of verse
- 4. a class of poet-historians who preserved the legends and lore of Africa by chanting or singing them from memory
- 5. an instrument consisting of a number of metal tongues attached to a small wooden soundboard used in African music
- 7. a type of xylophone used in African music
- 8. a large harp used in African music
Down
- 1. the act or process of incising the flesh as a form of identification and rank, and/or for aesthetic purposes
- 3. method, a method of metal-casting (originating in ancient Mesopotamia) in which a figure is modeled in wax, then enclosed in a clay mold that is fired; the wax melts, and molten metal is poured in to replace it
- 6. an instrument that measures the angle between the horizon and heavenly bodies and thus fixes latitude