Question

Describe a day in the life of a young African teenage boy or girl living in the savanna in medieval times. Include details about this person’s surroundings, living situation, parental education, a religious activity, and an activity involving learning about his or her history.

Answer 1

Answer: They would begin their day by having breakfast with their family at home, which would be a hut made of dried earth and palm fronds. From here they would go to school, where the men of the village would teach them how to hunt and collect food for the tribe. The day would be long and hot, and the lessons would be tiring and demanding. At the end of a day of hunting they would return to the village where they would again have dinner. Once a week the whole tribe would have dinner together in front of a large fire. After dinner the elders and griots would tell stories of gods and ancestors, and would give an offering of food to these gods by putting it into the fire. After these stories everyone would get up and dance and celebrate their history and ancestry until late in the night. Finally everyone would go to home and repeat the cycle the next day.

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