The Dane gun was originally a type of long-barreled flintlockmusket imported into West Africa by Dano-Norwegian traders prior to the mid-19th century. The term is now used chiefly by Europeans living along the west African coast to generally describe any indigenously made firearm of this type.[1][2]
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Local names for these firearms vary from language to language, but are generally something that "seem[s] to mean or imply a 'native gun'".[1] They are produced in large numbers by local blacksmiths, and are used mostly for hunting game, replacing traditional weapons such as the bow and spear.[1]
^ abcJoey Lee Dillard (1 January 1975). Perspectives on Black English. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 209–210. ISBN978-90-279-7811-0.; Christopherson, "Some Special West African English Words", 210.
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