White War, Black Soldiers

White War, Black Soldiers
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Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 1624669514
ISBN-13 : 9781624669514
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Book Synopsis White War, Black Soldiers by : Bakary Diallo

Download or read book White War, Black Soldiers written by Bakary Diallo and published by Hackett Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism and Africa's role in the Great War.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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