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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... Dahomey , the two highest officials , the Migan and the Meu , spoke respectively as inter- mediaries for the king to the people and for the people to the king . The Meu , as chef de protocole , also took charge of all strangers and ...
... Dahomey , the two highest officials , the Migan and the Meu , spoke respectively as inter- mediaries for the king to the people and for the people to the king . The Meu , as chef de protocole , also took charge of all strangers and ...
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... Dahomey attempted on more than one occasion in the eighteenth century to avert the hostility of Oyo by sending ' great presents ' , and Allada , threatened by Dahomey , retained the support of Oyo by directing a stream of presents to ...
... Dahomey attempted on more than one occasion in the eighteenth century to avert the hostility of Oyo by sending ' great presents ' , and Allada , threatened by Dahomey , retained the support of Oyo by directing a stream of presents to ...
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... Dahomey in 1728 , 1729 and again in 1730 , until under the treaty of 1730 Dahomey , while agreeing to pay tribute to Oyo , was allowed by Oyo to retain possession of Whydah and a large part of the territory of Allada . 8 The expansion ...
... Dahomey in 1728 , 1729 and again in 1730 , until under the treaty of 1730 Dahomey , while agreeing to pay tribute to Oyo , was allowed by Oyo to retain possession of Whydah and a large part of the territory of Allada . 8 The expansion ...
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their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
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