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Market Day in Ethiopia

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   In rural Ethiopia, the market day happens ones or twice a week. This is the same with many small towns. Usually, the markets are named after the day of the week they take place like Saturday, Monday, etc. During the market day, people travel to the market from faraway places to sell their produce and buy supplies they can only find at the market.  Markets are melting pots of cultures since trade doesn't recognize differences in people, what matters during the market day is simple supply and demand. Farmers to herders and to city merchants come to trade on the same spot on the same day for this reason.  Besides the main purpose which is buying and selling people also go to markets to socialize, get the lettest news and be entertained.  The main trading activity takes place during the morning and early afternoon in most markets. Depending on how far their village is marketgoers linger at the market to get some drinks in one of the makeshift bars or eat some market place d

Jumba La Mtwana

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Jumba La Mtwana Ruins is located north of Mombasa 4 km from the town of Mtwapa. Jumba La Mtwana literally translates to "The House of Slave" in Kiswahili even though little is known about the history of the settlement and who the original settlers were. The site was unearthed in 1972 by James Kirkland. The ruins consist of mosques, living quarters, a whale and a kitchen.  It is believed the settlement dated back to the 14th century and was later abandoned in the 15th century. 

The American Revolution and Native Americans

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Philadelphia  Museum of  the Ameican Revolution 2018 The American Revolution for Native Americans was a matter of choosing between two evils. For Native Americans, the plight of the colonists or the sovgernity of King of England was more or less the same. Both were the same they want their land and want to make their ancestral land their own depriving them their right to live on the land that their forefathers had lived for generations. For most tribes, they have to choose what seems to be the the lesser evil,. Britain seems to offer a better option by promising the Indians protection from a new expansion of the colonies. For Native Americans, the United States was more dangerous because the newly independent nation has no place for the indigenous people of the land. Declaration of independence by the revolutionary leaders or the founding fathers of the USA has no place for any other race except the white colonists. It does not include American Indians or the black slaves that ev