The family was most important unit of society. It was an extended family that included grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. In some groups, family included all the people who came from common ancestors. This is called a clan.
Their beliefs included animism. They felt that plants, animals, and other natural forces all have spirits that play an important role in life.
They relied on oral storytelling, rather than writing, to pass on the traditions of their people. In west Africa, for example, storytellers, or griots, kept history alive.
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