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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... BENIN Benin WE Whydah Badagry Ughoton • City IGBO Warri Aboh BIGHT OF BENIN River Benue BIGHT OF BIAFRA о B Principé S. Thomé KANEM KANURI Lake Chad Angala ( Ngala ) MANDARA Musfeia MUSGU ADAMAWA JUKUN Mt. Cameroon Cameroons Mts . 100 ...
... BENIN Benin WE Whydah Badagry Ughoton • City IGBO Warri Aboh BIGHT OF BENIN River Benue BIGHT OF BIAFRA о B Principé S. Thomé KANEM KANURI Lake Chad Angala ( Ngala ) MANDARA Musfeia MUSGU ADAMAWA JUKUN Mt. Cameroon Cameroons Mts . 100 ...
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... Benin river who knew how to write and calculate in Arabic . These ambassadors seem likely to have been northerners ... Benin in 1486. In 1514 the Oba of Benin despatched a second embassy to Lisbon , this time on his own initiative . The ...
... Benin river who knew how to write and calculate in Arabic . These ambassadors seem likely to have been northerners ... Benin in 1486. In 1514 the Oba of Benin despatched a second embassy to Lisbon , this time on his own initiative . The ...
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... Benin helped to destroy a rebellious town in the vicinity of Lagos . Joining an army of some 10,000 black soldiers , they used their two cannon to shoot away the town gates . They received in payment a woman captive each and also five ...
... Benin helped to destroy a rebellious town in the vicinity of Lagos . Joining an army of some 10,000 black soldiers , they used their two cannon to shoot away the town gates . They received in payment a woman captive each and also five ...
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their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
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Abeokuta African Hist Ajayi and Crowder Ajayi and Smith Alafin Allada ambassadors armed arrows Asante Asantehene attack Badagry Bagirmi Barbot Barth battle Benin Borno Borno army Bosman Bowdich bows Burton Cadamosto camp canoes cavalry Central Sudan Chapter chiefs Clapperton Dagomba Dahomean Dahomey Dalzel Dapper Denham and Clapperton described diplomacy diplomatic Donelha Dupuis early Egba eighteenth century enemy European example Fante fire firearms Fisher Fodio forest Fulani Gobir Gold Coast guns Hausa Hausaland horses Ibadan Ibn Fartua Idris Aloma Igbo Ijaye important infantry Islamic jihad Kanem Kanembu Kano king kingdom Labat Lagos Leo Africanus military mounted muskets Muslims Niger Nigeria nineteenth century Nupe passim political Portuguese pre-colonial West Africa probably river ruler savannah seventeenth century shields sixteenth century slaves Smaldone Snelgrave Sokoto Caliphate soldiers Songhai spears stockade swords town trade troops Usman dan Fodio usually walls warfare warriors weapons West Africa West African armies Whydah Yoruba Yorubaland