AN AFRICAN VILLAGE

              AN AFRICAN VILLAGE

AFRICAN, ONCE CALLED THE <Dark continent is the second largest continent. There are twenty five independent countries in this continent. Nigeria is also one of them  it is an agricultural country. Like Pakistan most of its inhabitants live in villages

      A village in Nigeria is different from ours it consists of ten to forty scattered huts SO there are no streets Modern methods of building and material are used now NOW  A farmers house has two or there rooms instead of a single one  the walls are made of wood and plastered with mud. The roof is still thatched with grass, reeds or palm leaves

The shape of these houses is circular square or rectangular there is little furniture these homes

               They use wood for lighting and heating purposes RAIN water is used for drinking which they store in large pounds the main food crops are plantains potatoes yams ground nuts and pepper WOMEN look after the food crops while men tend the cash crops like oil palms and coco tress farmers can not rear cattle due to testes fly SO a farmers ploughs the field with his hand he keeps a goat for milk and poultry for eggs an AFRICAN VILLAGERS is still in the process of change A day will come when these villagers will also see the modern facilities in their village