White War, Black Soldiers Two African Accounts of World War I |
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| Editor:
| Robb, George |
| Author:
| Diallo, Bakary
Senghor, Lamine |
| Translator:
| Erber, Nancy
Peniston, William |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62466-951-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2021 |
| Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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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 It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism and Africa's role in the Great War.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...
More DescriptionStrength 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 It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism and Africa's role in the Great War.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.