Unit Three: Studying Africa through the Humanities

Module Eleven: African Literatures

Student's Edition

Glossary of Terms:

ablutions - the washing of the body that is part of a religious prayer or practice

feddans - a plot of land

galabia - a man's long, loose garment

indolent - lazy

Koran - the sacred book of the religion Islam

mosque - a house of worship used by practitioners of Islam