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West Africa 1.What is Kinship? Kinship is a family relationship. It is also the strongest bond of West Africa. There are a two levels of kinship which are nuclear family, and extended family. The first level which is nuclear family is only the adults and their kids. The second level of kinship is extended family which are relatives to the family like grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts. Extended family always helps each others. Family members take care of the old and watch over kids in the village.Also kinship also adds to a sense of community because neighbors always help and pitch in to help another neighbor. 



I chose this picture because this is a family in Africa which shows kinship.

Ghana began to become independent when Kwame Nkrumah convinced the people to demand independence from Great Britain. Kwame Nkrumah was the first leader of independence in Ghana. In 1957, 22 years after making his pledge to the statue of Liberty, Kwame Nkrumah gave a moving speech to the people of Ghana, telling them that Great Britain had finally agreed to give them sovereignty. This means that they were allowed to hace political independence. Kwame Nkrumah became the leader of the new country. He remained in power until a military coup, and Kwame Nkrumah was exiled. He was exiled because Kwame Nkrumah had borrowed huge amounts of money to make his plan for Ghana happen fast. But after the world prices of cocoa, which was Ghana’s chief export fell Ghana could not pay back the money and they blamed Kwame Nkrumah for that. After his death in 1972 he was hailed as a national hero.
 * 2. How did Ghana get its independence? And who was Kwame Nkrumah? **

This is a picture of Kwame Nkrumah. This is an picture important because it show Kwame Nkrumah respecting African culture by wearing some traditional clothes. I chose this to show how respectable Kwame Nkrumah is.

Vocab: 1) Multiethnic- which means that many ethnic groups live within its borders 2) Ethnic Group- a group of people that have the same customs and religion 3) Census- a count of all the people in the country 4) Sovereignty- political independence 5) Coup- a takeover

Works cited: World Explorer, Eastern Hemistphere

West Africa’s ethnic groups are very different. They all have many ways of making a living. Lots of West Africans live in rural areas. Atypical village is made up of a group of houses surrounded by farmland. The village people grow food for themselves and cash crops so they can sell them. In the Sahara and Sahel, many Africans herd cattle, goats, sheep, or camels. Along the coast, most Africans make a living by fishing. Some West Africans live in large cities where they work in hospitals, hotels, or office buildings.  This picture was found at http://www.thetalkingdrum.com/liberia.jpg. I chose this picture because it show that some West Africans have jobs in cities. Vocab: Kinship: refers to a family relationship. Nuclear family: is a family that consists of parents and their children. Extended family: is a family that includes relatives. Clan: people in a clan all have roots back to an earlier ancestor. Griot: a storyteller in Africa.
 * 3. How do West Africans have many ways of making a living? **

Facts found at World Explorer. "West Africans Have Many ways of Making a Living" Eastern Hemistphere