The people of Southern Africa experienced the First World War as a continuation …
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Survey Articles (Regional)
Regional
Southern Africa
By William Kelleher Storey
Regional Thematic Articles
Regional Thematic
Bereavement and Mourning (Africa)
By Meshack Owino
This article examines bereavement and mourning practices among African families …
Regional Thematic
Centenary (South Africa)
By Bill Nasson
This article provides an assessment of how society and the state in post-aparthe…
Regional Thematic
Colonial Warfare and Occupation (Africa)
By Brian Digre
In 1914, Allied leaders plunged Africans into a conflict that was not their own.…
Regional Thematic
Commemoration, Cult of the Fallen (Africa)
By Ruth Ginio, Suryakanthie Chetty
Commemoration in the form of ceremonies and monuments was for the most part alie…
Regional Thematic
Food and Nutrition (Africa)
By Anne Samson, Melvin E. Page
The mobile nature of the war in Africa meant supplying the forces with food was …
Regional Thematic
Influenza Pandemic (Africa)
By Howard Phillips
This article provides the first continent-wide overview of the catastrophic, wor…
Regional Thematic
Organization of War Economies (Africa)
By Karin Pallaver
This article provides a brief overview of the contribution of African economies …
Regional Thematic
Post-war Colonial Administration (Africa)
By Caroline Authaler, Stefanie Michels
This article argues that the shifts in the colonial administration after World W…
Regional Thematic
Post-war Economies (Africa)
By Charlotte Walker-Said
The economic development of African territories in the years following World War…
Regional Thematic
Pre-war Military Planning (Africa)
By Timothy J. Stapleton
Africa did not feature prominently in pre-war military planning. Once the Allies…
Regional Thematic
Prisoners of War (Africa)
By Daniel Steinbach
During the First World War Africans served as combatants, porters, and labourers…
Regional Thematic
Science and Technology (Africa)
By Melvin E. Page
Although many scientific innovations and technologies came to the continent with…
Regional Thematic
South African Invasion of German South West Africa (Union of South Africa)
By Evert Kleynhans
The South African invasion of German South West Africa (GSWA) in September 1914 …
Regional Thematic
War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Africa)
By Brian Digre
The First World War led to a renewed imperialist scramble for territory in Afric…
Regional Thematic
War Losses (Africa)
By Joe Harris Lunn
Human resources in Africa were exploited during the First World War for imperial…
Encyclopedic Entries
Entry
Askari
By Michelle Moyd
Askari is a word that means “soldier” or “police” in Kiswahili, Arabic, Turkish…
Entry
Empire
By Erez Manela
World War I was not simply a conflict among European states but a global war of …
Entry
Schutztruppe (East Africa, Southwest Africa, Cameroon)
By Thomas Morlang
Between 1891 and 1894 colonial forces, named “Schutztruppe”, were established in…
See Also
Thematic
Extra-European Theatres of War
By Michelle Moyd
The extra-European theatres of World War I have received far less scholarly atte…
Thematic
Imperialism
By Boris Barth
This article focuses on the extent to which imperialism contributed to the outbr…
Thematic
League of Nations
By Anita Ziegerhofer
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919, the same day on which the L…
