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Sub-Saharan Africa Today

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mineral   a solid natural substance found in rocks and Earth that is inorganic and has its own set of properties  
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commodity   a material or good that can be bought, sold, or traded  
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coup   a sudden, illegal takeover of government by force  
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famine   a long period of food shortage  
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erosion   the process by which rocks and soil slowly break apart and are worn away  
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legume   peas or beans  
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microcredit   a small loan of money  
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epidemic   an outbreak of a disease affecting a great number of the population in a particular community  
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pandemic   an outbreak of a disease that spreads over a wide geographic area  
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vaccine   a treatment to increase immunity to a particular disease  
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infectious   capable of spreading rapidly to others  
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refugee   a person who flees a place to find safety  
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clan   a large family-based unit with loyalty to the group  
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failed state   a country in which government, economic institutions, and order have broken down  
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segregation   separation by race  
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apartheid   the legal separation of the races; a system that denied black South Africans their rights  
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homeland   during Apartheid, separate areas within South Africa where black South Africans were forced to live  
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