1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men ...
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Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa
A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial
More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no ...
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1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
They didn’t serve in Europe but in the fringe battles in Africa, where Allied forces fought in the then-German colonies of German South West Africa (now Namibia) and German East Africa (now ...
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Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial
They didn't serve in Europe but in the fringe battles in Africa, where Allied forces fought in the then-German colonies of German South West Africa (now Namibia) and German East Africa (now Tanzania).