Warfare & Diplomacy in Pre-colonial West AfricaUniversity 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. |
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... Asante declaration of war had to be pronounced by the Asantehene seated upon the hwedom , a throne reserved for this purpose . 33 According to Johnson , writing of Oyo , ' the control of foreign affairs ( was ) vested in the King ' , 34 ...
... Asante declaration of war had to be pronounced by the Asantehene seated upon the hwedom , a throne reserved for this purpose . 33 According to Johnson , writing of Oyo , ' the control of foreign affairs ( was ) vested in the King ' , 34 ...
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... Asante ambassador attempted to regain the royal favour by successfully settling a dispute with Wassa , and thereupon fell further into disgrace , the king explaining that ' no man must dare to do good out of his own hand , or perhaps he ...
... Asante ambassador attempted to regain the royal favour by successfully settling a dispute with Wassa , and thereupon fell further into disgrace , the king explaining that ' no man must dare to do good out of his own hand , or perhaps he ...
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Robert Sydney Smith. Asante that they decided once again to leave the town and re - engage the enemy . At first the battle seems to have been fairly even , but the discipline of the Asante and the ' murderous firing ' of their muskets ...
Robert Sydney Smith. Asante that they decided once again to leave the town and re - engage the enemy . At first the battle seems to have been fairly even , but the discipline of the Asante and the ' murderous firing ' of their muskets ...
Table des matières
their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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