Editing Sword (section)

====Africa====
[[File:State Gifts Presentation Sword.JPG|thumb|20th-century ''[[akrafena]]'']]

The ''[[takoba]]'' is a type of broadsword originating in the western [[Sahel]], descended from various [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] and [[Islam in Africa|Islamic]] swords. It has a straight double-edged blade measuring about one meter in length, usually imported from Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/takouba/|title=Takouba - Swords of the Saharan Tuareg|last= Jones|first=Lee A.|date=15 March 1998|access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://takouba.org/|title=What is a takouba?|publisher=Takouba Research Society|access-date=6 July 2019|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807203819/http://takouba.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Ethiopian Empire|Abyssinian]] swords related to the Persian ''shamshir'' are known as ''[[shotel]]''.<ref>{{cite book |publisher=Mitchell |title=Journal of the Royal United Service Institution |volume=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXVDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA515 |year=1869 |page=515 |author=Royal United Service Institution |author-link=Royal United Service Institution}}</ref> The [[Asante people]] adopted swords under the name of ''[[akrafena]]''. They are still used today in ceremonies, such as the [[Odwira festival]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkLv4oPlIJQC&pg=PA138 |title=Odwira and the Gospel: A Study of the Asante Odwira Festival and Its Significance for Christianity in Ghana |publisher=OCMS |last=Adams |first=Frank Kwesi |year=2010 |page=138 |isbn=9781870345590}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://britishmuseum.org/research/online_research_catalogues/ag/asante_gold_regalia/i_history-significance-usage/iv.aspx |title=I. The history, significance and usage of Asante royal regalia continued |work=[[British Museum]] |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Trustees of the British Museum]]}}</ref>