This article examines the deployment of West African soldiers for military servi…

Between 1914 and 1918, between 150,000 and 200,000 Africans traveled to Europe t…

This article examines bereavement and mourning practices among African families …

This article analyzes the deployment of about half a million African soldiers in…

In 1914, Allied leaders plunged Africans into a conflict that was not their own.…

Commemoration in the form of ceremonies and monuments was for the most part alie…

The mobile nature of the war in Africa meant supplying the forces with food was …

This article provides the first continent-wide overview of the catastrophic, wor…

This article provides a brief overview of the contribution of African economies …

This article argues that the shifts in the colonial administration after World W…

The economic development of African territories in the years following World War…

This article focuses on the Africans who fought in the First World War and the r…

Africa did not feature prominently in pre-war military planning. Once the Allies…

During the First World War Africans served as combatants, porters, and labourers…

Although many scientific innovations and technologies came to the continent with…

The First World War led to a renewed imperialist scramble for territory in Afric…

This article provides a brief overview of the financial contribution of the Afri…

Human resources in Africa were exploited during the First World War for imperial…

World War I was not simply a conflict among European states but a global war of …

Between 1891 and 1894 colonial forces, named “Schutztruppe”, were established in…

The tirailleurs sénégalais (Senegalese riflemen) figured prominently among the m…

While there were no major wars between European great powers in the decades prec…

The First World War ushered in an unprecedented wave of commemorations. Mass dea…

The extra-European theatres of World War I have received far less scholarly atte…

This article focuses on the extent to which imperialism contributed to the outbr…

Many issues surrounding the conduct of war in the years 1914-1918 were imperviou…

This article examines the use by Great Britain and France of colonial subjects f…

The First World War caused unprecedented disruption to societies across the glob…