Describe the economic organization of the Mijikenda in the 19th century.
Answer:
- Practiced crop cultivation i.e. grew sorghum, cassava, millet, yams and beans.
- livestock farming
-kept domestic animals i.e. cattle, sheep and goats.
- Traded with their neighbours i.e. the Akamba in the interior and Arabs at the coast.
- Hunting and gathering
- Practiced salt mining which they used as a trade item.
- Iron working
–made iron implements that they used for trade and cultivation activities.
- Raiding their neighbours for cattle e.g. the Akamba and Taita.
- livestock farming
-kept domestic animals i.e. cattle, sheep and goats.
- Traded with their neighbours i.e. the Akamba in the interior and Arabs at the coast.
- Hunting and gathering
- Practiced salt mining which they used as a trade item.
- Iron working
–made iron implements that they used for trade and cultivation activities.
- Raiding their neighbours for cattle e.g. the Akamba and Taita.
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