African Vocabulary

The South African government policy of separation of races, which began to disappear in the 1980s.

• Dialect

• Griots

• Apartheid

• Ergs

Land area with very little precipitation.

• Regs

• Ergs

• Souks

• Desert

A Bantu language that is widely spoken in areas of Africa.

• Griots

• Malaria

• Ivory

• Swahili

A variation of a language.

• Swahili

• Dialect

• Ergs

• Regs

Finely ground soil.

• Silt

• Regs

• Ergs

• Sahel

A dry grasslands region with a steppe climate south of the Sahara.

• Ergs

• Sahel

• Malaria

• Silt

Long, deep valleys with mountains or plateaus on either side.

• Rifts

• Regs

• Ergs

• Sahel

a steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below

• Escarpment

• Landlocked

• Thatch

• Reservoir

when a city grows larger and spreads into nearby areas

• Urbanization

• Rural Development

• Embargo

• Landlocked

a ban on trade with a particular country

• Landlocked

• Embargo

• Poaching

• Periodic Market