African Unification Front
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SOME AFRICAN MILITARY TITLES & UNITS and LEGENDARY COMMANDERS
Ras = General (or, when the Emperor is in the field, Lt.-General)
Dejazmatch = Lt.-General
Fitawrari = Major-General
Gerazmatch = Brigadier-General (staff) (literally means commander of the left wing of an army)
Qaññazmatch/Kegnazmatch = Brig.-General (line) (lit., commander of the right wing)
Meridazmatch = Colonel (staff)
Shalaqa = Colonel (line) (literally “chief of a thousand”)
Balambaras = Lt.-Colonel
Shambal (Bimbasha) = Major
Matoalaga = Captain
Hamsalaga = Lieutenant
Basha/Bacha = Commander of a rifle “corps” (may mean a company of squad-sized unit). No direct equivalent.
Gwandari = Private
Agafari = Chief of Protocol
UNITS and FORMATIONS
Amazon = All Female Army ("one breasted" - Ancient Africa)
Impi = Army (strike force - South Africa)
Ruga Ruga = Army (logs - GLR)
Intore = Special Force (GLR)
Shakamba = Elite Force (GLR)
Rusura = Army (GLR)
Mahe/Madje = Army (GLR/Sudan/Egypt)
LEGENDARY AFRICAN COMMANDERS
Nimrod
Memnon (King of Persia and Commander in the Trojan War)
Shango = War God (legendary general - West Africa)
Lubaale = War God (GLR)
Balus = War God
Nesu-Biti Aha (Unified Egypt circa 3100 BC)
Zoser (Standardized military formations 2686 BC)
Sesostris II
Ramesses II
Piankhi
Piye
Shabako
Hannibal Barca (never defeated in battle)
Kandake Amanirena (female leader- defeated Augustus Caesar and contained Roman occupation of Africa)
Tarik El Moro (Captured Spain)
Al Kahina (female - Led resistence against Arab occupation of Africa)
Ganga Zumba
Zumbi
Kimpa Vita (female - Led resistence against Portuguese Occupation of Central Africa)
Sundiata Keita
Cwamali
Shaka
Samore Toure
Dingiswayo
Muzilikazi
Nyungu Ya Mawe
Kigeri Mikobanya
Muhumuza (female - Led Nyabingi Uprising against German and Belgiun Occupation)
Lenshina (Female)
Under construction
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