Samori Toure
Some background: Samori Toure was the founder of the Wassoulou Empire who resisted French colonial rule from 1882 to 1898.
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I'm including a Falasha character in an upcoming book that takes place in 1880 and I wanted to make him an adept stick fighter.
I came across the term Dula Meketa as being a stick fighting form practiced by the Orowa and was wondering if anybody knew
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