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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: [QB] YEah, I read similar things in Thornton;s Warfare in Atlantic Africa. I was gonna do a Wiki article once on how African military traditions carried over into the Americas, and laid the basis for the military resistance of various Maroon (escaped slave) forces, but decided against giving any more significant labor to Wikipedia, since it could be destroyed at any time, and the fact that "clone" publishers keep making books of big WIki articles, (with hefty sale prices), and various "phantom" authors of the publishers taking credit for all the work. Thornton also notes the presence of war veterans from the Angolan region, which has a long military tradition including numerous wars against the Portugese. In several of these, the African forces emerged victorious. The figure of Macaya you mention above, shows the influence of the ANgolan tradition. One thing I have not seen much yet of as a carryover from Africa is the use of poisoned arrows in the guerrilla fighting against imperialist/colonialist forces. Probably this is due to Africans not having time to discover which plants could be used to make the poisons they employed in Africa. Local Indians in various parts knew of such poisons, but their knowledge was acquired over centuries, time the hard-pressed African forces did not have. Nevertheless the bow and arrow in use is documented, particularly among the Maroon fighters of Jamaica and Surinam. Maybe someone has more info on archery or other weapons carried to the Americas from Africa. In any event, here are the beginning paragraphs of the research for info purposes. Might resume it one of these days - covering Maroon fighters from Alabama to Venezuela. Of note are small traces of a cavalry tradition carried over to the Americas by Africans. Richard Price's "Maroon Societies" is another standard reference. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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