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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sundjata: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: I would also like to hear more about how so-called "primitive" African armies were able to defeat more "advanced" European armies. I understand this has happened more than once during the European colonization of the continent. [/QUOTE]Just wrote a term paper on Samori Toure of Guinea. You should look him up. He defeated the French in battle on numerous occasions thanks to the tenacity of his troops and modernization of his army. One thing that he was able to do was capitalize on technology by assigning black smiths the task of manufacturing and repairing European firearms. His cavalry forces also made him extremely mobile in guerrilla warfare. Most importantly he inherited the legacy of Mali and was supported by Mandinka troops who were relentless in the defense of their country (and perhaps religion as most were Islamic). It was because of people like him that it took so long for French colonialists to conquer the Sudan (even though they'd been trying to do so basically since the 1850s and had already set up shop in Morocco and Algeria since the 1830s). Indeed, the French found themselves in a protracted war with Samori for nearly 20 years, which is ridiculous considering that France was THE major world power at the time, outside of Britain. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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