{"product_id":"white-war-black-soldiers-9781624669514","title":"White War, Black Soldiers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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-Bont√¢e) 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 It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism and Africa's role in the Great War.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\" --\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George Robb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51323564261718,"sku":"9781624669514","price":21.82,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9781624669514.jpg?v=1757948451","url":"https:\/\/www.englishbook.fi\/products\/white-war-black-soldiers-9781624669514","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}