4.1. COMMERCE STRIKES A COMMUNAL SOCIETY

 4.1. Commerce strikes communal society

INCREASINGLY POWERFUL CHIEFS
 CURB THE EFFECTS OF GROWTH

Take Djimini,
a region on the border of savannah and forest,
in today's northeastern Ivory Coast

In Ethiopia, but could be any African villagers / Internet

• Trade comes to Djimini, a region from the back of beyond 

• Communities that elders lead 

• Growth, chiefs and tumult

• The implications of barter and currencies

• Cowries, a currency that meets violent resistance

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Trade comes to Djimini, a region from the back of beyond