02582nam a2200289Ia 4500 ocn772199248 OCoLC 20151023231838.0 120110s2010 sa ab b 001 0 eng d 9789964721480 996472148X (OCoLC)772199248 AWC AWC U43.A35 A26 2010 Aboagye, Festus B. (Festus Boahen) 54312 Indigenous African warfare : its concept and art in the Gold Coast, Asante and the Northern Territories up to early 1900s / Festus B. Aboagye ; with a foreword by A. B. Assensoh. Pretoria : Ulinzi Africa Publishing Solutions, 2010. xxxv, 539 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-491) and index. Towards a theory of indigenous warfare : comparative forms of warfare -- Indigenous warfare : principles and spatial trajectory -- Indigenous warfare : its casus belli, types and levels -- Indigenous society and the army : the political utility of the Asafo -- Typological functional arms and roles of indigenous armies -- Indigenous military structures I : operational and tactical art of southern (Kwa) armies -- Indigenous military structures II : operational and tactical art of northern (Gur) armies -- Evolution and employment of weapons : weapon training in indigenous armies -- Command, control and communications in indigenous armies and warfare -- Leadership and generalship in indigenous warfare : generals and captains in victory and defeat -- Indigenous defence economics, and war logistics and administration -- Gender -- Indigenous military conventions, norms, traditions and customs -- Postscript : end of resistance and the European military legacy. This book is a theoretical study of military art and science using Ghana and parts of present-day West Africa as a case study. It attempts to present a structured approach to the study of the concept and art of indigenous African warfare and their relevance in colonial and post-colonial contexts. It also sets out to correct the fundamental misconception that such warfare evolved only after contacts with Europeans. Finally, it seeks to rejuvenate the study of indigenous warfare and raise its profile in the study of modern warfare. Indigenous peoples Warfare Africa. 54313 Military art and science Africa History. 54314 Assensoh, A. B. 54311 ddc BK 0 NO HOLDINGS IN ZAAPA - 3 OTHER HOLDINGS 22823 22823 0 0 ddc 0 0 DAPA DAPA 2014-03-26 0 960.004 ABO APA028279 2014-03-26 1 2014-03-26 BK