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museedesfemmes
painting you see at the end of a tour of the museum of women. each arm represents a chore that women are responsible for in quotidien african life. feeding and caring for children, getting water, cooking, cleaning, sewing, washing laundry, helping with fishing and farming and other economic enterprises, etc.
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goree island in senegal
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once the island where all slaves were stored before being shipped to america. now home of two museums: one for the history of the slave trade, and the other for the awesomeness of women.