It’s so hard to describe the poverty and the way in which
most Africans live in each of the countries we have visited. The best examples I can use are the homes in
which the majority of people in each country live in: For the poorest, they have round huts with thatched straw roofs. One of our guides told us that the round huts are considered better to keep out "evil spirits." If someone has a rectangular house and they are superstitious, they will sprinkle salt in each corner to keep those spirits away.
For
many of these
countries, their economies are in shambles or are slowly building, but not nearly fast enough as most are experiencing incredibly high rates of unemployment. For example, around 90% of adults in Zimbabwe and nearly
50% in Tanzania are unemployed.
A hut in the village outside the Okavanga Delta:
A chieftain's hut:
Houses in the countryside of Malawi:
A kitchen in a village near Lake Malawi:
The stones for each home are made with mud, dried and then put in fire to solidify them:
A woman carrying stones for a house:
A home in the Tanzania countryside:
A Maasai village hut outside the Serengeti National Park:
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