According to your understanding, which of the following statements best sums up medieval Africa? Architetcure was emerging as great cities were built along the trade routes of Northern Africa while sub-Saharan tribes left few records. What little is known of the time indicates that northern Africans were prosperous tradesmen and the Bantu dominated the south. It was a prolific time for writers and poets of the continent, as evidenced by the many manuscripts archeologists have found. Much of the population lived in small settlements with highly developed agricultural systems.