White War, Black Soldiers : Two African Accounts of World War I Hardback
by Bakary Diallo, Lamine Senghor
Edited by George Robb
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Strength and Goodness (Force-Bonté) 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It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism and Africa’s role in the Great War.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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, 6 halftones
- Publisher:Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Publication Date:24/02/2021
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- ISBN:9781624669521
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, 6 halftones
- Publisher:Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Publication Date:24/02/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781624669521