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"Native Market at Karatina". External view of a gathering of people at market, exchanging and selling goods.Various goods were exchanged at market places such as these, including beans, maize, potatoes as well as other commodities such as knives, blankets, ornaments and cloth. ❧ The Tumutumu mission (in the Kenia sphere) administered to the Chuka and Mwimbi tribes, two sections of the Kikuyu people. The Chuka numbered about 15,000 and the Mwimbi numbered about 25,000. In 1908 Kabandango was the biggest chief in the Chuka district and Kianbati the biggest chief of the Mwimbi district.
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