Oh, never mind kid, my shield is WAY bigger then yours. Forgot you had centimeters not inches.. 

So either way I actually did not lose that much time, I in fact have more protection than I thought... :p

Edit: The size was strange for one on one, but that's when I thought he was using a tower shield like in his pic. It should be noted not all African tribes use oval shields... allot use smaller round ones. Farther south tribes, like zulu (one only much later on) use larger shields.