Title White war, Black soldiers : two African accounts of World War I / Bakary Diallo & Lamine Senghor ; translated by Nancy Erber and William Peniston ; edited, with an introduction and annotations, by George Robb

Published Indianapolis, Indiana ; Cambridge : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 189 pages) : illustrations Contents Strength and goodness / Bakary Diallo -- The rape of a country / Lamin Senghor Summary "White War, Black Soldiers explores Africa's role in World War I by pairing two works by African authors, translated in English for the first time. Strength and Goodness (Force-Bonté) by Bakary Diallo is the only memoir 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 It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism and Africa's role in the Great War.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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Primary texts translated from the French. Commentary and introduction in English Description based upon print version of record Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Senegalese World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives Soldiers, Black -- Personal narratives World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African Soldiers -- Africa -- History -- 20th century Genre/Form Personal narratives Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book Author Senghor, Lamine, 1889-1927, author. Erber, Nancy, 1951- translator. Peniston, William A., 1959- translator. Robb, George, editor. Translation of (work): Diallo, Bakary, 1892- Force-bonté. English. Translation of (work): Senghor, Lamine, 1889-1927. Violation d'un pays. English. ISBN 9781624669538 1624669530 9781624669767 162466976X

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