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The Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred-Year War for Africa's Gold Coast
The Fall of the Asante Empire The HundredYear War for Africa's Gold Coast
Author: Robert B. Edgerton
In 1817, the first British envoy to meet the king of the Asante of West Africa was dazzled by his reception. A group of 5,000 Asante soldiers, many wearing immense caps topped with three foot eagle feathers and gold ram's horns, engulfed him with a "zeal bordering on phrensy, " shooting muskets into the air. — The envoy was escorted...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780029089262
ISBN-10: 0029089263
Publication Date: 2/1/1995
Pages: 293
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Publisher: Free Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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