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 The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts
   The War in Africa
     General



Africa and the First World War

by Melvin E. Page  

ISBN
9780333406199

Purchase Price
£35.00 (new)

Date Purchased
March 16, 2020

Publisher
Macmillan Press (1987, Basingstoke & London)

Notes
This book is a series of essays by distinguished authors on the frequently forgotten impact of the Great War on the African continent. The essays are as follows: Introduction: "Black Men in a White Man's War" by Melvin E. Page "Kande Kamara Speaks: An Oral History of the West African Experience in France 1914 - 1918" by Joe Harris Lunn, a Ph.D. candidate in Modern European and African History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison". "The Impact of the First World War on South African Blacks" by Albert Grundlingh, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of South Africa in Pretoria. "The Nandi Experience in the First World War" by Lewis J Greenstein, Director of Development at Payne College in Augusta, Georgia. "Reluctant Allies: Nigerian Responses to Military Recruitment 1914 - 1918" by James K Matthews, Command Historian for the US Air Force Military Airlift Command. "Legacy of Conquest: African Military Manpower in Southern Rhodesia During the First World War" by Peter McLaughlin, a Teacher of History at St. George's College in Surrey, UK. "Military Labour in East Africa and its Impact on Kenya" by Geoffrey Hodges, Assistant Master at John Beddoes School in Wales. "Military and Labour Policies in the Gold Coast During the First World War" by David Killingray, Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London. "The Impact of the First World War and its Aftermath on the Beti of Cameroun" by Frederick Quinn, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the USA. "Insidious Conquests: Wartime Politics Along the South-Western Shore of Lake Tanganyka" by Allen F Roberts, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Albion College and Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan.