Warfare and Diplomacy in Pre-Colonial West Africa

by Robert S. Smith

Originally published in 1976, this book combines detailed technical studies of the diplomacy of the land and waterborne warfare of pre-colonial West Africa. It draws attention to the connexion between these topics as dual aspects of international relations and refers to those parts of West African indigenous diplomacy, showing how these resembled and diverged from practice elsewhere. The causes and consequences of West African wars are analysed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103261711X
• ISBN13: 9781032617114
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages