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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... probably all weapons ) to males . As Bosman wrote of the inhabitants of the Gold Coast , ' with their sorry Tools they can make all sorts of War - arms that they want , Guns only excepted ' . * A large part of the production must have ...
... probably all weapons ) to males . As Bosman wrote of the inhabitants of the Gold Coast , ' with their sorry Tools they can make all sorts of War - arms that they want , Guns only excepted ' . * A large part of the production must have ...
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... probably mainly fired as salutes to great persons or on festivals or , as Bullfinch Lambe noticed in Dahomey , to mark the recurrent market days.69 Nor were these weapons notably effective in battle . The flintlocks , though they had a ...
... probably mainly fired as salutes to great persons or on festivals or , as Bullfinch Lambe noticed in Dahomey , to mark the recurrent market days.69 Nor were these weapons notably effective in battle . The flintlocks , though they had a ...
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... probably represents a further southward extension of the diffu- sion of larger horses and cavalry techniques'.116 In some parts of the Sudan horse breeding was possible , and as a result there grew up an east - west trade which possibly ...
... probably represents a further southward extension of the diffu- sion of larger horses and cavalry techniques'.116 In some parts of the Sudan horse breeding was possible , and as a result there grew up an east - west trade which possibly ...
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their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
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