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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... ambassadors from other princes'.3 Most of the early references ( though not necessarily that by Leo Africanus ) are to relations between West African states and states outside the region - either with the Muslims of North Africa in the ...
... ambassadors from other princes'.3 Most of the early references ( though not necessarily that by Leo Africanus ) are to relations between West African states and states outside the region - either with the Muslims of North Africa in the ...
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... ambassadors and foreign visitors enjoyed honour and protection in the kingdoms of West Africa . The problem of communication with strangers led to the employment in nego- tiations of those who were skilled in foreign tongues . Ambassadors ...
... ambassadors and foreign visitors enjoyed honour and protection in the kingdoms of West Africa . The problem of communication with strangers led to the employment in nego- tiations of those who were skilled in foreign tongues . Ambassadors ...
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... ambassadors from Oyo on the Benin river who knew how to write and calculate in Arabic . These ambassadors seem likely to have been northerners from the Sudan , perhaps Hausa , in the Alafin's employ rather than natives of Oyo.120 ...
... ambassadors from Oyo on the Benin river who knew how to write and calculate in Arabic . These ambassadors seem likely to have been northerners from the Sudan , perhaps Hausa , in the Alafin's employ rather than natives of Oyo.120 ...
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their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
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