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The sahel

The sahel. By: Devin Moore. .  What are the names of the two tribes that live in the Sahel? Describe some of the customs for each tribe. . Two tribes the live in sahel are the dogon and the fulania.some of the customs are Dancing in religious rituals like the dama

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The sahel

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  1. The sahel By: Devin Moore

  2. .  What are the names of the two tribes that live in the Sahel? Describe some of the customs for each tribe. • . Two tribes the live in sahel are the dogon and the fulania.some of the customs are • Dancing in religious rituals like the dama • Genealogists, musicians, poets, iron workers and wood artisans may not wear ritual masks and live apart in special sections of the village. • Dogon villages are laided out according to plan represents the human body. • Village elders meetin a building at the villages ahead. Some of the fluinais customs are: • The true fluani is someone who displays palaaku mixture of three values. Males beat each other with walking sticks and no signs of pain are aloud. When a brides father transfers one of his cattle to the groom, only then is marrage official. Also herding is an all male dry season camps for months at a time.

  3. List and describe a meal they eat. • One of sahel recipite is groundnut stew with chicken. It is a kmixof vegtables and meat with natural peanutbutter.

  4. . List and describe four animals that live in the Sahel. • . Elephants goats and sheep.

  5. 4. the Sahel is in nine countries, list them • inea GuBissau • Senegal • Mauritania • Mali • Burkina faso • Niger • Chad • sudan

  6. 5.  How much of the Sahel has been destroyed since the 1970’s? Why? • 30% of trees have been lost because of drought

  7. 30% of trees have been lost because of drought • Sahel is told to be the hottest place on earth

  8. Sahel is told to be the hottest place on earth •  On average, the sahel ranks as the hottest place on earth. They year round temperature is 77 and 86 degrees. The wet season comes between june and September, but rain fall is usually moderate.

  9. 8.  What bodies of water are located in the Sahel? • Senegal • Gambia • Nile • Lake chad • Straddling chad • Cameroon • Nigeria • Niger

  10. What is the Sahel’s most distinctive feature? The most distinctive features are the flat, and the barren plains

  11. 10.  List and describe four types of vegetation • Acacia-they have deep root system that are good arid places and its feathery leas protect its bark • Baobab- the baobab is a fire proof tree it is found all around the sahel. When the tree grows it can reach 50 feet. • Jujube- it is a small spiny tree and its height range is from 23- 66 feet tall. It provides a lot of farmers with the food they eat. • Cram-cram- • bicolor

  12. 11. What happened in the Sahel between 1960 and 1980? • Between 1960 to 1980 there was a big drought

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