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Memoirs of the Maelstrom: A Senegalese Oral History of the First World War
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ColonialismNationalismAfrican DiasporaMilitary SociologyFirst World WarSocial SciencesAfrican HistoryComparative LiteraturePeace OperationRural SenegalAfrican American StudiesSenegal ConclusionCultural HistoryLanguage StudiesHistorical EvidenceTransnational HistorySenegalese Oral HistoryAfrican ConflictAfrican PoliticsDiscordant VoicesHistorical AnalysisAnthropology
The visions of vanquished - memories of prewar colonial order tax in blood - military recruitment in rural Senegal, 1914-17 war to obtain rights - conscription in communes & Diagne mission of 1918 the long journey - from Kayor to Cote d'Azur to meet death far away - Senegalese in trenches Bons soldats & sales negres - Senegalese contacts with French beneath roots of baobab - repatriation of soldiers & postwar colonial order in Senegal conclusion - legacy of First World War in Senegal postscript - discordant voices - veterans speak.