Which of the following statements was NOT true about the lives of children in Africa?
A) Boys and girls from an early age worked with clan elders farming the fields.
B) Children were trained by elders in bush schools.
C) Boys and girls were taught oral traditions, histories, and myths of the clan.
D) Youths were trained to carry on the family profession.
E) Youths had to submit to a formal rite of passage before being placed in age sets.
A
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