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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: [QB] OK, here's what I have below. Can someone remove that large picture until a repost is done? If it was a key part illustrating a point I can understand but its just a pic and that size really hampers the thread. Original poster can always post a smaller version later. ------------------------------------------------------------- Here's some of the info: Body armor made of multiple cloth wraps is seen in Jolof cavalry of West Africa and the Hausa states. Quilted body armor is seen in the Sudanic cav forces. Also present are chain mail, metal breastplates etc See Warfare in Atlantic Africa- John Thornton --------------------------------------------------- Among the Fulani-Hausa armies of Sokoto, both horse and rider were shielded. The horse was generally covered by quilted cotton, stuffed with kapok fiber, and its rider generally rode into battle with finely wrought chain mail, or heavy quilted armor. The chain mail armor showed similarities to Mameluke design, but the quilting combined local invention with religious inspiration. Local armorers sew tightly rolled wads of paper inscribed with Quranic verses into the layers of cotton, and kapok. Whatever their spiritual powers, they could often blunt sword cuts, but were less effective against arrows.[37] Body armor was supplemented by reinforced leather helmets, and tough shields of elephant or hippo hide. Horse stirrups often made effective weapons in a close fought melee, disemboweling enemy mounts and wounding enemy infantry. --------------------------------- Can't remember the cloth armor in Angola text but the reference is: John K. Thornton (2009). "The Art of War in Angola, 1575–1680". Comparative Studies in Society and History 30 (2): 360–378 -------------- From Myra's site- body armor in West Africa- Benin http://wysinger.homestead.com/beninwarriors.html [b]Although the warriors had responsibility to own their weapons but in the king’s palace, there was a huge arsenal of iron weapons produced in readiness for war. In the arsenal were bows and arrows, swords and spears. The universal weapon of protection was a big shield, made from hide, wood, and basketwork. It had a curved top and was straight at the bottom - apparently designed to be placed on the ground in order to cover an adult sized man when kneeling. The helmet were worn by senior officers (chiefs) as well as highly decorated warriors (non-commissioned officers). They were made of padded basketwork or of hard crocodile skin and wood. The body armor (which consisted of a top and a bottom reaching down to the knees) was made of quilted ponchos covered with leopard skins, firm enough to prevent the penetration of an arrow or spear. They all carried charms for protective purposes usually keep in a small calabashes (ukokogho) and attached to their war dresses. Warriors also wore protective armlets round their arms. Some used the symbol of 'the sun and moon', which symbolically meant that just as the sun and the moon always reach their destinations in the evening and return the next day, so would the warrior return safely from his campaign. Each warrior wore a quadrangular bell, egogo. The clanging of hundreds of these bells accompanied by blasts by the military hornblowers, increased the psychological impact of the army's approach as they entered enemy territory, and gave them courage. (Plankensteiner 2007: 78 & 409). Myra Wysinger [/b] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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