TODAY: In many parts of Africa today, there are lovely modern cities. But there are also many villages, where villagers still live as they did five hundred years ago.   Tribesmen still live as part of immense “families” that collectively own the land. They are a living record of the way things were.  In many villages, the community as a whole raises the children.  Homes are built alike and they are built from the materials around them. Even today, homes in a village might be built of thick mud walls decorated with designs. They are smart homes for the area in which they are built. Thick mud cools the home in blazing summer heat. Homes on stilts protect homes from flooding. As in olden times, tribesmen keep a close eye on nature.   Explore modern day  Botswana Burkina Faso Egypt, ancient  Egypt, modern Ethiopia Ivory Coast Liberia Mali, ancient Mali, country of Morocco Namibia South Africa Sub-Sahara Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia  Zimbabwe   More About Africa My World Africa Africa Map Match (flash game) Africa Today  African Studies Center - Country by Country  Africa for Kids Free Presentations in PowerPoint format  Free Clip Art To learn more about Africa, click on Anansi  All Rights Reserved Anansi art created by Clips Ahoy     Clip Art Credit: Phillip Martin Have a great year!