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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Page 80
... Firearms ; artillery ; rockets From the preceding account it will be observed that conventional weapons ( as opposed to firearms ) continued to play an effective role in West African warfare until as late as the middle of the last ...
... Firearms ; artillery ; rockets From the preceding account it will be observed that conventional weapons ( as opposed to firearms ) continued to play an effective role in West African warfare until as late as the middle of the last ...
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... firearms remained uneven . Apart from the Ekiti , who were in contact with Benin , the Yoruba seem not to have encountered them until 1726 when the Oyo cavalry overcame a Dahomean force armed with muskets . Though their horses were ...
... firearms remained uneven . Apart from the Ekiti , who were in contact with Benin , the Yoruba seem not to have encountered them until 1726 when the Oyo cavalry overcame a Dahomean force armed with muskets . Though their horses were ...
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... firearms , although these may have been intended primarily for dismounted use ( cf. archers on page 72 ) . Thus , in West Africa as in Europe , the introduction of firearms was gradually rendering cavalry obsolete . But the process had ...
... firearms , although these may have been intended primarily for dismounted use ( cf. archers on page 72 ) . Thus , in West Africa as in Europe , the introduction of firearms was gradually rendering cavalry obsolete . But the process had ...
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their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
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