A CENTURY OF PEACE BRINGS ANOTHER CYCLE OF GROWTH
Then conflict between new forces and those that have become archaic breaks out again.
Senufo warrior
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William Allen, Narrative of an Expedition to the River Niger, 1848 |
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-- Dakar archives, 1878
-- Dakar archives, 1891, confirmed by interlocutors
Gone from the web
Arab slavers in East Africa (origin not named) / zoom
Second Journey to Discover the Sources of the Nile, 1861-1862, by John Speke (French ed.), zoom
He [Sirboco] had the good luck of aiding the district chief who, attacked in his fortified village, was about to ignominiously surrender when he gave him the courage to push back the enemy. A grand concession of land was his reward and Sirboco cultivated his vast estate by bands of slaves chained together...
-- My version, shortened and bolded up.
Same source, color added (alamy)
Small letters, villages Samory destroys. Large ones, villages that are new or enlarged.-- Abidjan archives, 1899
"Keffir:" evil doer, unbeliever — animist"Jihad:" war against the keffirs — slave raids
Adapted from African History Extra in "The Empire of Samori Ture on the Eve of Colonisation" by Isaac Samuel / zoom
-- "Don't be discouraged, you'll win this battle.
-- How?
-- Oh, don't worry, I am a child of this country and I will show you its secrets.
-- You tell me not to be discouraged, but I've been here for three months and I'm not getting anywhere.
-- Oh, don't worry, I am a child of this country, I know the secrets, you will win out."
-- Serisio Coulibali
Capture and prisoner (records of 1898)
The Intrepid Warrior who Defied French Colonisation / video: zoom (in French)