The tribe, Djenné-Djeno, was located near the Niger River in West Africa. The artifacts have proven they are the oldest known African city south of the Sahara. The Djenné-Djeno lived in their city around 250 B.C and abandoned it around A.D 1400.

      The way the Djenné- Djeno improved over the years they lived .Their houses were round reed huts with mud. Later, the tribe made enclosed houses made of mud bricks. Their source of food was the Niger River. They fished in the Niger and raised rice along the river´s fertile floodplains. Around third century B.C , the Djenné- Djeno learned how to smelt iron. Their ciy became a trading center linked with towns around the Niger and overland camel routes. They traded rice, fish, and pottery for gold, copper and salt from other settlements linked by the trading routes.

    Djenné-Djeno lived where modern day Mali is located. Mali is where the city

Djenné is located. The tribe, Djenné-Djeno farmed along the river. Now the people of Mali farm the same food their ancestors planted for years. They export rice, cotton, and other vegetables. This tribe never showed an offical government but Mali's government is like most countries, a republic. There is no other trace of this tribe besides the city Djenné. The inhabitants are many tribes who migrated there after the tribe abandoned their city. Even though the tribe left, they left behind a great city, Djenné