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White War, Black Soldiers
Bakary DialloLamine Senghor
其他書名
Two African Accounts of World War I
出版Hackett Publishing, 2021-02-24
主題History / Africa / EastHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War IHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralHistory / Europe / FranceBiography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
ISBN16246695309781624669538
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mhcaEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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 It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism and Africa’s role in the Great War.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.