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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... took captives from them as slaves . 52 As has been seen above , many - almost certainly , from the seventeenth century onwards , most captives were retained or sold as slaves , and then either exported or directed into one or other form ...
... took captives from them as slaves . 52 As has been seen above , many - almost certainly , from the seventeenth century onwards , most captives were retained or sold as slaves , and then either exported or directed into one or other form ...
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... took part in the war , and were to be divided only after a battle had been won . One - fifth of these spoils , the khums , belonged to the ruler of the faithful , the Imam or Caliph , and were intended to meet expenditure on public ...
... took part in the war , and were to be divided only after a battle had been won . One - fifth of these spoils , the khums , belonged to the ruler of the faithful , the Imam or Caliph , and were intended to meet expenditure on public ...
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... took the field against the Muslim insurgents , threaten- ing Gudu from a camp at Ayame some twenty miles to the south . After rounding up some Fulani cattle herds , he left his camp and made a wide sweep westwards , apparently with the ...
... took the field against the Muslim insurgents , threaten- ing Gudu from a camp at Ayame some twenty miles to the south . After rounding up some Fulani cattle herds , he left his camp and made a wide sweep westwards , apparently with the ...
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their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
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