{"product_id":"white-war-black-soldiers-two-african-accounts-of-world-war-i","title":"White War, Black Soldiers: Two African Accounts of World War I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrength and Goodness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eForce-Bonté\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) 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 It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism and Africa’s role in the Great War.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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rape of a Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLa Violation d’un pays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) is another pioneering French work by a Senegalese veteran of World War I, but one that offers a stark contrast to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrength and Goodness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrength and Goodness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rape of a Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hackett Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61449843409226,"sku":"9781624669514","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/71T_YPbh_aL._SY522.jpg?v=1774620912","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/white-war-black-soldiers-two-african-accounts-of-world-war-i","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}