Militaries of pre colonial africa
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A brief passage describing piracy and raids from the inhabitants of the Islands within Lake Chad across Kanem-Bornu's Shore from Nicholas Said's "A Native of Bornoo":
Besides these three classes, there is a most remarkable tribe within the territory of Bornou, but living independently of its rulers, on several islands in the great lake Tzad (Chad), between Bornou and Kanem. The people of this tribe are pagans. Though all the kings of Bornou have successively endeavored to conquer them, they had, up to the time I speak of, completely failed, the reasons being that none of the kings of Bornou had ever been able to equip a fleet of sufficient strength to venture on their islands, because of the desperate resistance of the Boudouma, who fought like tigers; and the islanders frequently landed with their skiffs upon the shores of the lake, and after having ravaged the country for miles around, returned to their stronghold before they could be captured.
- Page 23, A Native of Bornoo, Nicholas Said.
Besides these three classes, there is a most remarkable tribe within the territory of Bornou, but living independently of its rulers, on several islands in the great lake Tzad (Chad), between Bornou and Kanem. The people of this tribe are pagans. Though all the kings of Bornou have successively endeavored to conquer them, they had, up to the time I speak of, completely failed, the reasons being that none of the kings of Bornou had ever been able to equip a fleet of sufficient strength to venture on their islands, because of the desperate resistance of the Boudouma, who fought like tigers; and the islanders frequently landed with their skiffs upon the shores of the lake, and after having ravaged the country for miles around, returned to their stronghold before they could be captured.
- Page 23, A Native of Bornoo, Nicholas Said.
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17th century figure of a Dignitary Armed with a sword and bow and wearing a leopard cloak, Benin, Nigeria
A cast of a Chief from the Benin Kingdom, possible fragment of shield plaque, 16-18th Century, Nigeria
A cast of a Chief from the Benin Kingdom, possible fragment of shield plaque, 16-18th Century, Nigeria
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