Caves and Cavemen? Uhmm No.

In high school, I sat in class with about 19 other students. It was a very small school. Little did I know that not only one but at least half of the class did not know people in Africa do not live in caves nor on trees. During my third week in the school, one of my mates gathered enough courage and said " Patience, back home in Africa where did you live? Did you live in caves?" No I said. "Then did you must have lived on trees?", he continued. At this point more than half of the class were eagerly waiting to hear a response from me. I could not believe my ears neither could I believe my eyes.

The buildings in this image are located in
 East Legon in Accra, Ghana.

I calmed down, recovered from my shock, and calmly answered that we do not live in caves, neither do we live on tress. "We live in houses just like everyone else. Some people live in huts others live n regular houses, but neither of use live in trees nor caves." I went ahead to say. Now, they were more surprised than I had been when the question was asked earlier. They were indeed very surprised, but someone had to tell them, and I am glad they finally knew. The weirdest thing however was that I understood their ignorance and did not take too much offense to it. 

To anyone who did not know that all people on the African continent do not live in cave or in trees, it is okay. Well, not really. You should probably not make judgments or create ideas about a place, people, or a culture based on one thing the media tells you. The joy is that you now know that we live in houses so, a toast to that.