In their effort to expand the colony of Angola, the Portuguese fought against neighboring African kingdoms. How these wars were fought and what military tactics were used.
The reference to envoys needs to be emphasized as it makes it clear that in the early days of their contacts with Europeans the African kingdoms were powerful enough to be recognized as having international standing equal to that of the European kingdoms. This history had to be suppressed and concealed beneath the mythological and “unknown Dark Continent” that justified colonialism in Africa.
The reference to envoys needs to be emphasized as it makes it clear that in the early days of their contacts with Europeans the African kingdoms were powerful enough to be recognized as having international standing equal to that of the European kingdoms. This history had to be suppressed and concealed beneath the mythological and “unknown Dark Continent” that justified colonialism in Africa.