Warfare & Diplomacy in Pre-colonial West Africa

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Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1989 - 164 pages

This new edition of the well-known innovative study of the relations of the peoples of West Africa in the precolonial period covers a period of some four or five hundred years, up to the last decades of the nineteenth century. Smith takes account of outside influences but focuses primarily on what happened between African states before the partition of the area and the establishment of colonies.

 

Table des matières

Peaceful Relations
5
their Causes Consequences
28
Armies Canoe Fleets
61
Static Warfare Fortifications
117
A Summingup
141
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À propos de l'auteur (1989)

Robert S. Smith was senior lecturer and professor of history at Lagos, Ife and Ibadan universities, in Nigeria.

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