Africa and the First World War

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction: Black Men in a White Men’s War....Pages 1-27
Kande Kamara Speaks: An Oral History of the West African Experience in France 1914–18....Pages 28-53
The Impact of the First World War on South African Blacks....Pages 54-80
The Nandi Experience in the First World War....Pages 81-94
Reluctant Allies: Nigerian Responses to Military Recruitment 1914–18....Pages 95-114
The Legacy of Conquest: African Military Manpower in Southern Rhodesia During the First World War....Pages 115-136
Military Labour in East Africa and its Impact on Kenya....Pages 137-151
Military and Labour Policies in the Gold Coast During the First World War....Pages 152-170
The Impact of the First World War and its Aftermath on the Beti of Cameroun....Pages 171-185
‘Insidious Conquests’: Wartime Politics Along the South-western Shore of Lake Tanganyika....Pages 186-213
Back Matter....Pages 215-231