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Across 3. The belief that natural objects or beings posses souls 5. Largest desert in the world 7. An absolute ruler 8. Sultan of mali 9. Empire that became rich by taxing its trade passage 11. A storyteller who perpetuates the oral tradition and history of a village or family

Down 1. Ancestral descent from a female line 2. A group of people of common descent 4. Grassland region 6. Religion that influenced the west african society 10. Western african empire that gained control of the declining Ghana