Across
- 3. the arid area on the S flank of the Sahara desert that stretches across six countries from Senegal to Chad.
- 5. to or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line.
- 6. kentes
- 8. a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
- 10. erved at the end of a meal. How to use dessert in a sentence.
- 11. was the ruler of the Mali Empire in West Africa from 1312 to 1337. Controlling territories rich in gold and copper
- 12. the system of social relationships connecting people in a culture who are or are held to be related and defining and regulating their reciprocal obligations
- 13. a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice.
- 14. a brightly colored, banded material made in Ghana.
Down
- 1. ask
- 2. A system of bartering in which traders remain silent, either because they have no language in common or because they both wish to keep secret and not discuss the origins of their goods (especially gold and salt). (This system was once common in Africa.)
- 4. the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe.
- 7. collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events.
- 9. Askia, also spelled Mohammed I Askiya, also called Askia Muḥammad or Muḥammad Ture, original name Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr Ture, ...