Will you be writing more about 20th Century cavalry and horse mounted military units? My time in Africa and my study of the different conflicts in Southern Africa led me to think of much of the mid-continent as tetse fly country. In the independent Congo/Zaire, there was a mounted ceremonial unit of the army (based on a Belgian Army unit) that wore a European style uniform in the colors of Mobutu’s MPR party, carrying lances and topped with large “bearskin” headgear. The unit was apparently supported in part by the local “riding club” that helped train horses and riders and provided stabling.
i may explore that era as well, colonial officials were abit more ambitious in introducing horses to the equatorial regions includes the congo and great lakes, besides the reference you gave for Belgian Congo, i believe even kings of Uganda were given horses as gifts by the British, and that there were mounted policemen in Kenya and Uganda, although the units were small.
Will you be writing more about 20th Century cavalry and horse mounted military units? My time in Africa and my study of the different conflicts in Southern Africa led me to think of much of the mid-continent as tetse fly country. In the independent Congo/Zaire, there was a mounted ceremonial unit of the army (based on a Belgian Army unit) that wore a European style uniform in the colors of Mobutu’s MPR party, carrying lances and topped with large “bearskin” headgear. The unit was apparently supported in part by the local “riding club” that helped train horses and riders and provided stabling.
i may explore that era as well, colonial officials were abit more ambitious in introducing horses to the equatorial regions includes the congo and great lakes, besides the reference you gave for Belgian Congo, i believe even kings of Uganda were given horses as gifts by the British, and that there were mounted policemen in Kenya and Uganda, although the units were small.