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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 



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Formerly barter was the chief means of exchange ; 

 l)eads were accepted as payment, but Government 

 has introduced tlie cent and this simplifies matters. 



The women of Kikuyu are interesting folk : whilst 

 the l)oys and men are looking after goats and sheep 





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WliiLst the men and hoyfi are looking after the goats or 

 sleeping in the sun, the women are cultivating the 

 shamhas, keeping tlic ground clear of weeds, or 

 fetching liig loads of firewood from tlie forests. 



(in former times fighting), or sleeping in the sun, the 

 women are cultivating the land, keeping the plots clear 

 of weeds. They bring in big loads of firewood from the 

 forest. It is also their duty to fetch water either in 



