What did West African merchants trade, which Christian and Muslim rulers greatly valued?

Which did president carter refuse to do in his attempt to free american hostages taken by iran?

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is

What are the winter holidays the annex residents celebrate? a. chanukah and st. nicholas b. st. nicholas and new year's c. christmas and kwaanza answer if your a 100% percent sure ^-^