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Page 190
... native kingdom of Dahomey in 1893 ) fairly substantial military forces threatened to collide in the disputed territory of Borgu . The hurry to reach Borgu before the French also involved Goldie's Royal Niger Company in its first ...
... native kingdom of Dahomey in 1893 ) fairly substantial military forces threatened to collide in the disputed territory of Borgu . The hurry to reach Borgu before the French also involved Goldie's Royal Niger Company in its first ...
Page 203
... native allies and was prepared to accord substantial privileges to those who would play this part . According to the value judgements of modern Africa , such peoples were traitors and quislings ; but these categories hardly fit the ...
... native allies and was prepared to accord substantial privileges to those who would play this part . According to the value judgements of modern Africa , such peoples were traitors and quislings ; but these categories hardly fit the ...
Page 208
... native courts . Questions of land occupation , inheritance , marriage , birth , sickness , and death were still ( apart from the Christian influences emanating from the missions ) treated very much as they had been in pre - colonial ...
... native courts . Questions of land occupation , inheritance , marriage , birth , sickness , and death were still ( apart from the Christian influences emanating from the missions ) treated very much as they had been in pre - colonial ...
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