Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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The Silent Trade or Dumb Barter was a method of trade developed in Africa since pre-historic times in response to the immense linguistic diversity throughout the continent. This allowed people to trade with their neighbors without needing to learn many different languages to do so. The practice was quite genius in its simplicity.

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