African Military History (The International Library of Essays on Military History)

This collection of essays on pre-colonial sub-Saharan African military history is drawn from a number of academic journals and includes some which are considered milestones in African historiographical discourse, as well as others which, while lesser known, provide remarkable insight into the unique nature of African military history. Selections were made so as to produce an introduction to the understudied field of pre-colonial African military history that will be useful to specialists and non-specialists alike. The volume also contains an introduction which presents one of the first significant reviews of pre-colonial African military historiography ever attempted--Publisher's description Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Series Preface Introduction 1 'The Wars of August: Diagonal Narrative in African History', American Historical Review, 88, pp. 809-34. 2 "'He Swalloweth the Ground with Fierceness and Rage": The Horse in the Central Sudan', Part II, Journal of African History, 14, pp. 355-79. 3 'Spears, Style and Time among Maa-Speaking Pastoralists', Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 4, pp. 206-20. 4 'The View from Awdaghast: War, Trade and Social Change in the Southwestern Sahara, from the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century', Journal of African History, 26, pp. 275-301. 5 'Archers, Musketeers and Mosquitoes: The Moroccan Invasion of the Sudan and the Songhay Resistance (1591-1612)', Journal of African History, 22, pp. 457-75. 6 'Portuguese Musketeers on the Zambezi', Journal of African History, 12, pp. 531-3. 7 'The Art of War in Angola, 1575-1680', Comparative Studies in Society and History, 30, pp. 360-78. 8 'Dahomey and the Slave Trade: Reflections on the Historiography of the Rise of Dahomey', Journal of African History, 27, pp. 237-67. 9 'Horses, Firearms, and Political Power in Pre-Colonial West Africa', Past and Present, 72, pp. 112-32, 10 'The Impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade on the Societies of the Western Sudan', Social Science History, 14, pp. 231-53. 11 'The Sacred Musket. Tactics, Technology and Power in Eighteenth-Century Madagascar', Comparative Studies in Society and History, 27, pp. 261-79. 12 'Sources of Conflict in Southern Africa, c. 1800-30: The 'Mfecane' Reconsidered', Journal of African History, 33, pp. 1-35. 13 "'The Character and Objects of Chaka": A Reconsideration of the Making of Shaka as "Mfecane" Motor', Journal of African History, 33, pp. 37-63. 14 'Firearms in South Central Africa', Journal of African History, 12, pp. 545-56. 15 'Military Organisation and the Pre-Colonial Polity of the Bemba of Zambia', Man, 10, pp. 199-217. 16 'Professional Warriors in Nineteenth-Century Yoruba Politics', Tarikh, 1, pp. 72-81. 17 'Production and Reproduction of Warrior States: Segu Bambara and Segu Tokolor, c. 1712-1890', International Journal of African Historical Studies, 13, pp. 389-419. 18 'Firearms and Princely Power in Ethiopia in the Nineteenth Century', Journal of African History, 13, pp. 609-30. 19 "'For God, Emperor, and Country!" The Evolution of Ethiopia's Nineteenth-Century Army', War in History, 1, pp. 278-99, 20 'War and Militarism in Pre-Colonial Buganda', Azania, 34, pp. 45-60. 21 'The Wasaki War: An Oral Narrative of Southwestern Kenya', Anthropos, 74, pp. 864-80. 22 'War, Famine and Pestilence in Late Pre-Colonial Tanzania: A Case for a Heightened Mortality', International Journal of African Historical Studies, 21, pp. 637-76. Name Index