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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sundjata: [QB] [QUOTE]My sources gave me the impression that pre-Shaka Nguni warriors didn't form cohesive formations (e.g. the cow horn formation) and instead acted as loose groups of individualistic warriors running into each other. I would be glad to modify my essay in response to your criticisms, but I'm not the RTW Heaven webmaster and since it was posted a long time ago it may be too late to change it.[/QUOTE]^Sorry I don't have a source for this as I distinctly remember discussing this in lecture over the summer ("History of South Africa"). Indeed, my notes suggest that this WAS actually a reform among the Nguni during the Mfecane conflict used by Dingiswayo. It was called "chest-horn" formation and Shaka renamed it to mean "cow-horn". My source for the information on Niumi sofas comes from reading a few translated texts of portuguese explorers (read about the Mandinka encounters with explorers like Nuno Tristão, Alvise Cadamosto and Diogo Gomes). Al Takuri posted an article specifically addrssing this a while ago as well. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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