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White War, Black Soldiers - Two African Accounts of World War I (Paperback)
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White War, Black Soldiers - Two African Accounts of World War I (Paperback)
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Loot Price R497
Discovery Miles 4 970
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Strength and Goodness ( Force-Bonte ) by Bakary Diallo is one of
the only memoirs of World War I ever written or published by an
African. It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well
as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism
and Africa's role in the Great War. Lamine Senghor's The Rape of a
Country ( La Violation d'un pays ) is another pioneering French
work by a Senegalese veteran of World War I, but one that offers a
stark contrast to Strength and Goodness . Both are made available
for the first time in English in this edition, complete with a
glossary of terms and a general historical introduction. The
centennial of World War I is an ideal moment to present Strength
and Goodness and The Rape of a Country to a wider, English-reading
public. Until recently, Africa's role in the war has been neglected
by historians and largely forgotten by the general public.
Euro-centric versions of the war still predominate in popular
culture, Many historians, however, now insist that African
participation in the 1914-18 War is a large part of what made that
conflict a world war.
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