Tewodros II Quotes:
Ocupation: Prince
Life: 1818 - April 13, 1868
Birthday: 1818
Death: April 13
I know their game. First, the traders and the missionaries: then the ambassadors: then the cannon. It's better to go straight to the cannon.
source: Quoted in Basil Davidson, Africa in Modern History: The Search for a New Society (1978)
topic: Games, Ambassadors, Firsts
