When the porters fight, they dive into their problems and talk about them at length. their fights are sprinkled with remarks such as "i see your point" and "that must have been hard for you." the porters are best classified as: 1. avoiders. 2. hostiles. 3. validators. 4. volatiles?

swahili is an extremely rich and complex civilization, a set of ethnic groups articulated by a language and a series of cultural elements that fuse the african traditions, islam and indian culture. this growth was largely a result of the indian ocean trading network that brought in not just man-made riches, but also religious ideas, specifically islam, which had a significant impact on the local culture. furthermore, the development of the swahili language gave a common cultural unity to the people.