I used to wonder, why ( with literally a couple of exceptions) do sub-Saharan African swords have such peculiar forms that render their fighting function almost non-existent?
They look more like some schizophrenic Kandinski’s drawings rather than weapons. In contrast, their hunting weapons were pretty conventional and, though often primitive, properly functional.
The only explanation I could invent was that their concept of war was on a plane different from the rest of the world. But how exactly, is still a mystery to me....
Anybody knows?
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