Women wielding swords/daggers/bows in the past

colin henshaw · 31st December 2008, 10:36 AM

Hi

Apart from the famous Amazons of Dahomey, I have heard of one other instance of women historically carrying edged weapons. In Chris Peers' book "Armies of the 19th century : East Africa", he mentions a report by H.M. Stanley regarding the Buganda King Mtesa having a contingent of female warriors in the mid 1870s. About half were armed with guns and the rest with spears. He also mentions some women fighters carrying mysterious "striped staffs"...

Freddy · 31st December 2008, 10:55 AM

Here are the Amazons of Dahomey. Fierce looking creatures !

31st December 2008, 10:36 AM	#1
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Hi Apart from the famous Amazons of Dahomey, I have heard of one other instance of women historically carrying edged weapons. In Chris Peers' book "Armies of the 19th century : East Africa", he mentions a report by H.M. Stanley regarding the Buganda King Mtesa having a contingent of female warriors in the mid 1870s. About half were armed with guns and the rest with spears. He also mentions some women fighters carrying mysterious "striped staffs"...

31st December 2008, 10:55 AM	#2
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Here are the Amazons of Dahomey. Fierce looking creatures !