COMMUNITIES THAT ELDERS LEAD

WHEN THE TRADERS ARRIVE 
THE SENUFO ARE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS

 Many still are

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Irene Becker

Lineage elders send young members to fetch the kola,
whose exchange they control.
 Being in direct contact with the merchants
 strengthens them at first. 

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