War memoir by British medical officer. This book became a bestseller and went through several editions, shaping impressions of the war in East Africa in the minds of the British public.
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Themes: Race; Mobility; Memoirs
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Africa, Colonial soldiers, Empire, Indian Army, Memoir
Cover and extracts from Bei uns in Deutschland (Brussels, 1919), First World War memoirs of the Flemish author Ernest Claes, based on his time in a German POW camp in Erfurt.
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Mobility; Memoirs; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy; Diary; Captivity
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Belgium, Camp, Flamenpolitik, Flemish, France, Germany, Memoir, Muslims, Personal Encounters, Soldiers, writer
A translation of the seminal First World War memoir written by Bakary Diallo, a Pullo soldier from Senegal who fought for France in the war. Diallo shares his life story, including his childhood in…
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Themes: Race; Mobility; Memoirs
Tags:
Africa, colonial intellectual, Colonial Troops, France, Memoir, Memory