{"product_id":"9781624669514","title":"White War, Black Soldiers : Two African Accounts of World War I by William Peniston","description":"Strength and Goodness (Force-Bont?) 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 It remains a pioneering work of African literature as well as a unique and invaluable historical document about colonialism and Africa's role in the Great War.?Lamine Senghor's The Rape of a Country (La Violation d'un pays) is another pioneering French work by a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.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312673665397,"sku":"9781624669514","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781624669514.jpg?v=1762823237","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781624669514","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}