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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... walls of the palaces of the royal family were even stronger . 12 The building of these walls must have required a considerable community effort , though possibly rather less than might at first be supposed ; Connah has estimated that ...
... walls of the palaces of the royal family were even stronger . 12 The building of these walls must have required a considerable community effort , though possibly rather less than might at first be supposed ; Connah has estimated that ...
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... walls prevalent in West Africa , the massive wall of twenty feet or so in height and the breastwork . One suggestion is that the former was designed to obstruct the advance of cavalry and that such a scale was unnecessary where a ...
... walls prevalent in West Africa , the massive wall of twenty feet or so in height and the breastwork . One suggestion is that the former was designed to obstruct the advance of cavalry and that such a scale was unnecessary where a ...
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... walls at Old Oyo were strengthened by the addition of palm wine to the earth . 15. See Ajayi and Smith , 26 , fn . 3 , for discussion of this . 16. Clapperton ( 1829 ) , 98 . 17. Clapperton ( 1839 ) , 165-6 , describes the house ...
... walls at Old Oyo were strengthened by the addition of palm wine to the earth . 15. See Ajayi and Smith , 26 , fn . 3 , for discussion of this . 16. Clapperton ( 1829 ) , 98 . 17. Clapperton ( 1839 ) , 165-6 , describes the house ...
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their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
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