Illustrative Example (p 118) – Direct Resistance: Samory Touré’s military battles in West Africa
The African ruler and state builder Samory Touré (1830-1900) held the French at bay for 15 years and created one of the most powerful, best-organized states in the western Sudan. His military and administrative genius was compared to Napoleon’s. Samory Touré was born in the Milo Valley of the western Sudan.
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