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  • Permalink for 'African Children’s Toys: Ingenuity Starts at a Young Age' African Children’s Toys: Ingenuity Starts at a Young Age
    Posted: April 29th, 2007, 12:01pm EDT by Erik
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    Most African children are forced to create their own toys from scratch. Below are some samplings of what they make with what’s available. Old tire inner-tubes, soda cans, mud, bailing wire and sticks are just a few of the materials used to create imaginative toys.

    In just about every country in Africa you’ll find the boys making cars, motorcycles and airplanes out of tin cans and bailing wire:

    Ghanaian Toys

    The Coke Scooter

    In Southern Sudan children use mud to create animals to play with. Below is a picture of a Cape Buffalo:

    Mud toy buffalo