Title West African soldiers in Britain's colonial army (1860-1960) / Timothy Stapleton

Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource Series Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; 94 Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; 94. 10925228 Summary "West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army, 1860-1960 explores the history of Britain's West African colonial army based in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia placing it within a broader social context and emphasizing, as far as possible, the experience of the ordinary soldier. The aim is not to describe the many battles and campaigns fought by this force but to look at the development of the West African colonial army as an institution over the course of about a century. In pursuing this goal, it is sometimes useful to employ the lens of military culture defined differently by scholars but essentially meaning a set of shared ideas and behaviors that inform daily life in the military. While other locally recruited colonial militaries in Africa have attracted considerable attention from historians as they served as an essential pillar supporting European rule, this book represents the first comprehensive scholarly study of Britain's West African army which was the largest such British-led force south of the Sahara. The study is based on extensive archival research conducted in nine archives located in five countries"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed January 6, 2022) Subject Great Britain. Army. West Africa Command -- History Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force -- History Great Britain. Army. West Africa Command -- Military life Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force -- Military life SUBJECT Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force fast Subject Soldiers, Black -- Africa, West -- Social conditions -- 19th century Soldiers, Black -- Africa, West -- Social conditions -- 20th century HISTORY / Africa / West Armed Forces -- Military life West Africa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021033999 ISBN 1800104200 9781800104198 1800104197 9781800104204

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