An Immigrant Observation

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The King after traveling for a long time, decided to stop at Taghaza and stay here, but it was probably one of the worst decisions ever. The water was very salty and slaves only lived there. Salt was mined and it was very valuable. I get out my pieces of paper and pen and I write down my observations. Not many good things come out of this place. I was wondering why the King, Mansa Musa, would stop here. It wasn’t very safe, but I started to realize that he was probably here for more salt and that we were all running out. We stayed at Taghaza for 10 tens and they were horrible. I was ready to get out of this place mostly because it smelled horrible!

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