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128:"Numerous bands, in which were also found the old, the crippled, women and children, fled, terrorized in the face of the triumphant march of the force of the irregulars . And in the disorderly flight, numerous natives, men, women, old people, children and the crippled, perished, drowned in the river, and ... mercilessly killed by the same irregulars. Then followed assaults on the tabancas , these being sacked and burned; their undefended inhabitants were slaughtered; the fields were devastated totally destroyed.... Today, the rich and extensive territory inhabited by Pepels is in the greatest desolation and misery." 399: 136:, where Portuguese influence was limited, allowing for him to do as he pleased and act independent of the government. Eventually, the people of Oio paid more attention to the demands of Injai then the government, who terrorized the locals. His mercenary Senegalese army stayed independent there for four years, not only threatening the Portuguese and Oio locals, but also the French administration in Senegal, who feared a return of the mercenary army would lead to conflict in Senegal. 393: 339: 282: 120:
colonial powers to attempt to divide native African populations based on religious affiliations - particularly the idea that, although racially inferior to Europeans, Muslim Africans possessed higher levels of education and culture and were preferential associates compared to followers of animist or
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In 1919, Injai demanded the Portuguese government to disarm several northern provinces, which they refused. Tensions continued to rise as Injai's army sabatoged Portuguese control by cutting telegraph wires and harassing Portuguese officials. The colonial governor dispatched all available troops to
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An outraged Portuguese lawyer later published a damning report on the atrocities committed by African mercenaries under the command of Abdul Injai and Pinto:
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Having assisted the Portuguese in the conquest of several native groups from 1914-1915, Injai began to consolidate his power in the
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would be under complete government control. Tenuous alliances, like those between Abdul Injai and the Portuguese during the
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Portuguese Guinea was the name for what is today Guinea-Bissau from 1446 to September 10, 1974
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and received regular pensions from the government until he died several years later.
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Abdul Njai: Ally and Enemy of the Portuguese in Guinea-Bissau, 1895-1919
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This biographical article related to an African military person is a
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This biographical article about a person notable in connection with
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tribes of the interior, with the help of the indigenous coastal
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population. It would not be until 1936 that areas like the
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies
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Ziguinchor
Cape Verde
Senegalese
mercenary
colonial
Portuguese Guinea
Muslim
Wolof
Oliveira Musanty
Teixeira Pinto
animist
Islamic
Bijagos Islands
Scramble for Africa
European
Oio region
Mansaba
Cape Verde
"Portugal's Civilizing Mission in Colonial Guinea-Bissau: Rhetoric and Reality"
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10.2307/3559318
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0361-7882
"Abdul Njai: Ally and Enemy of the Portuguese in Guinea-Bissau, 1895-1919"
ISSN
0021-8537
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