Template:Did you know nominations/Ndawa

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 20:57, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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• ... that the Kpove War or Dung Pot War got its name when Ndawa had a large hole dug and filled with dung, threatening to throw any of his troops into the hole if they left battle?

• Reviewed: Pancharanga Kshetrams

Created/expanded by AbstractIllusions (talk). Self nom at 15:45, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

• Comment: hook should be verified with someone who can access https://www.jstor.org/stable/179516 . Thanks. Wnt (talk) 17:19, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

• p.301 says: Dawa, expecting battle, prepared a pot of dung (kpovegue) and said that any man who ran would be cast into it, and the war has since been known as the Kpove War (War of the Dung Pot). So it checks out. Shrigley (talk) 19:52, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
• Article is new enough and long enough. The hook fact was verified by Shrigley. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:09, 8 January 2013 (UTC)