A wary question so I can't give the best answer but most people spend their time working depending on what class they are part of. The working-class spend most of their time doing manual labour, the poor are usually around popular tourist attractions begging for money and the rich are generally eating at lavish restaurants, buying fabrics or in their houses. Cooking and family time are common ways to waste the day away.
he introduction of (what) in the early 1800s allowed Europeans to conduct major expeditions into the interior of Africa. Disease also discouraged European exploration.