SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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lineages
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Saharan Deserts
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the Middle Passage
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homelands
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Detailed explanation-1: -Segmentary lineage in sub-Saharan Africa Segmentary lineage societies are characterised by the foremost importance of kin relationships in determining individuals’ social and political allegiances, as well as their patterns of residence.
Detailed explanation-2: -This is because the vast majority of African peoples have unilineal ("one line") descent systems that trace kinship through just one sex-either patrilineally, through a line of fathers, or matrilineally, through a line of mothers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Traditionally, African societies and even states functioned through an elaborate system based on the family, the lineage, the clan, the tribe, and ultimately a confederation of groups with ethnic, cultural, and linguistic characteristics in common.