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Africa and the First World War

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Melvin E. Page

    1. Murray State University, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Black Men in a White Men’s War

    • Melvin E. Page
    Pages 1-27

  3. Kande Kamara Speaks: An Oral History of the West African Experience in France 1914–18

    • Joe Harris Lunn
    Pages 28-53

  4. The Impact of the First World War on South African Blacks

    • Albert Grundlingh
    Pages 54-80

  5. The Nandi Experience in the First World War

    • Lewis J. Greenstein
    Pages 81-94

  6. Reluctant Allies: Nigerian Responses to Military Recruitment 1914–18

    • James K. Matthews
    Pages 95-114

  7. The Legacy of Conquest: African Military Manpower in Southern Rhodesia During the First World War

    • Peter McLaughlin
    Pages 115-136

  8. Military Labour in East Africa and its Impact on Kenya

    • Geoffrey Hodges
    Pages 137-151

  9. Military and Labour Policies in the Gold Coast During the First World War

    • David Killingray
    Pages 152-170

  10. The Impact of the First World War and its Aftermath on the Beti of Cameroun

    • Frederick Quinn
    Pages 171-185

  11. ‘Insidious Conquests’: Wartime Politics Along the South-western Shore of Lake Tanganyika

    • Allen F. Roberts
    Pages 186-213

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 215-231
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Murray State University, USA

    Melvin E. Page

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Africa and the First World War

  • Editors: Melvin E. Page

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18827-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Melvin E. Page 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-18829-1Published: 01 January 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-18827-7Published: 22 September 1987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 231

  • Topics: History of Military

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