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Post by nebsen on Apr 22, 2018 2:15:20 GMT -5
Home Team has put together a top ten legendary African warriors in world history. In this installment there is no narrations like in most of his videos which I liked for it really highlights his video skill in putting this together . I did have one issue with this video in alluding to Greek mythology about a couple of his examples, there was also a very knowledgeable post about this, in the comment section,but with that said, it a great informative video,because we seldom read or hear about Africans in a world context in history .
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Post by zarahan on Apr 23, 2018 15:24:35 GMT -5
Not a bad list. The Greek myth thing you are right- introduces some accuracy question marks. In addition, I think they missed at least 3 biggies: --Nyazinga- chieftainess or queen who fought the Portugese int he Kongo in the 1500s and won several victories en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba--Menelik- the victor of Adowa or his commanding general at Adowa- not only the biggest African colonial victory of all time, but one of the most costly 19th centuries battles in terms of casualties. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adwa"Baratieri's army suffered 50 percent casualties, far higher than those suffered by participants in any other major battle of the nineteenth century. Eylau, the greatest blood-letting of the Napoleonic era, cost the French army casualties of 33.8 per cent and its losses at Waterloo were just under 30 per cent. "Macello, carneficina, strage" (butchery, slaughterhouse, slaughter) are the words which recur in the memories of the Italian combatants at Adowa."-- Bruce Vandervort. 2009. Wars of Imperial Conquest in Africa, 1830–1914, p164 --The Zulu commanders at Isandhlwana- one of the most famous African victories of all time. They outmaneuvered the British with several diversionary movements, eased their army into position using small stealth groups, and then concentrated the total force for the struggle against the split (diverted) British force. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana"Meanwhile, the joint Zulu commanders, who had indeed been considering a flank march to Chelmsford's east to join with Matshana and cut the British column off from Natal, decided instead to take advantage of the general's division of forces. They detached men to reinforce Matshana, but on the same evening of 21 January and during the next they transferred the main army across the British front to the deep shelter of the Ngwebeni valley. This was truly a masterful manoeuvre. The amabutho moved rapidly in small units, mainly concealed from the Isandlwana camp nine miles away by the Nyoni Heights. The British mounted patrols that sighted some of the apparently isolated Zulu units had no inkling an entire army was on the move."--John Laband. 2014. Zulu Warriors: The Battle for the South African Frontier, 229. There are a number of others like the Ashanti leaders that build the Ashanti Empire and so on. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_military_systems_(1800%E2%80%931900)
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