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*Zulu War, 1879, see [[South Africa]].
*[https://archive.org/details/b21298038/page/n5 ''West African hygiene, or, Hints on the preservation of health and the treatment of tropical diseases, more especially on the west coast of Africa''] by Charles Scovell Grant 2nd edition 1884. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/tradeandpoliticsinthenigerdelta/page/n3/mode/2up ''Trade and politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885: an introduction to the economic and political history of Nigeria''] by K Onwuka Dike 1966 edition, first published 1956 Archive.org
*''Austral Africa: Losing it or Ruling it being incidents and experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England'' by John Mackenzie 1887. [https://archive.org/details/australafricalos01mack Vol. I], [https://archive.org/details/australafricalos02mack Vol. II] Archive.org, Ministry of Culture/National Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/landofgolddiamon00ingr ''The Land of Gold, Diamonds and Ivory; being a Comprehensive Handbook and Guide to the Colonies, States and Republics of South and East Africa''] by J F Ingram 1889 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/sevenlivesofcolo0000bria/mode/2up ''The seven lives of Colonel Patterson : how an Irish lion hunter led the Jewish Legion to victory''] by Denis Brian 2008. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. There are several chapters on his time in Africa c 1898-1914. He joined the British Army 14 March 1885 age 17. C 1892 he was a sergeant in India, where he later studied engineering.
:It appears he was first commissioned as a Lieutenant, in the Imperial Yeomanry 16 March 1900 ([https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27174/page/1792 ''London Gazette'']) with the name J H Paterson (corrected in a later edition).
*''History of Nigeria'' by Sir Alan Burns, first published 1929. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.15075/page/n3/mode/2up 3rd edition 1942] Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/historyofnigeria0000burn/page/n7/mode/2up 6th Edition (9th Impression) 1964] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The author served in Nigeria 1912 to 1934. He later became Governor of the Gold Coast, and in 1942 acted as Governor of Nigeria.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishoversease0000carr/page/n5/mode/2up ''The British Overseas : Exploits of a Nation of Shopkeepers''] by C E Carrington 1950. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes many chapters about Africa.
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*[https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/34096 ''The King's African Rifles: A Study in the Military History of East and Central Africa, 1890-1914''] by H M Bartlett 1954. PhD thesis SOAS University of London.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011062612/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/ ''The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force''] by Colonel A. Haywood and Brigadier F.A.S.Clarke. 1964. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk, now archived at Archive.org. Originally required Flash turned on, this requirement still applies - you can only access the digitised print copy if you still have Flash installed. [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/files/assets/basic-html/toc.html Transcribed version], [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/files/assets/basic-html/page7.html Contents page]
