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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... 6 Static Warfare & Fortifications 99 7 Strategy , Tactics & the Battle 120 8 A Summing - up 141 Appendix : The Battle of Musfeia , 1823 146 Bibliography 150 Index 158 х River Senegal Cape Verde WOLOF BONDU Medina River Gambia , vii.
... 6 Static Warfare & Fortifications 99 7 Strategy , Tactics & the Battle 120 8 A Summing - up 141 Appendix : The Battle of Musfeia , 1823 146 Bibliography 150 Index 158 х River Senegal Cape Verde WOLOF BONDU Medina River Gambia , vii.
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... river crossings by his armies . Labat also mentions small plank - built boats as being in use on the Senegal river in the early eighteenth century ; in the nineteenth century Denham saw plank - built boats nearly fifty feet long at ...
... river crossings by his armies . Labat also mentions small plank - built boats as being in use on the Senegal river in the early eighteenth century ; in the nineteenth century Denham saw plank - built boats nearly fifty feet long at ...
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... river Yemoji are exceptional.49 Probably more typical was the behaviour of the Whydah who , when invaded by Dahomey in 1727 , made no effort to dispute the crossing of a river ( or arm of the lagoon ) which ran to the north of their ...
... river Yemoji are exceptional.49 Probably more typical was the behaviour of the Whydah who , when invaded by Dahomey in 1727 , made no effort to dispute the crossing of a river ( or arm of the lagoon ) which ran to the north of their ...
Table des matières
their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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