West African Spiritual Traditions

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When your kinship (family) is traced back to your Mother's side of the family

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Matrilineal

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Lines of extended families who can trace their roots to a common ancestor

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Lineage

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The belief that there was one great force or remote all-powerful creator god.

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Indigenous African Spiritual Traditions

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Belief that the spirits of their ancestors were close by and were honored with statues.

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Ancestor Worship

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Belief in which spirits, present in all animals, plants, and trees help the living.

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Animism

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West African storytellers that helped recalled historical events and transmitted history from one generation to the next.

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Griots

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Asian art was known for porcelain and West Africa was known for cloth

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True

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What is a female storyteller in West Africa called?

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Griottes

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stories passed down from generation to generation

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oral history

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traditional African storyteller

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griots