ABSTRACT

Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of:: * the relationship between war and the slave trade * the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies * the influence of climatic

chapter | 18 pages

African War and World History

chapter 1 | 22 pages

Cavalries of the Savannah

chapter 2 | 14 pages

War in the Rivers: Senegambia and Sierra Leone

chapter 3 | 20 pages

War in the Forest: The Gold Coast

chapter 4 | 24 pages

Horses, Boats and Infantry: The Gap of Benin

chapter 5 | 28 pages

War on the Savannah: West Central Africa