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Colonial troops: The first regiment of Senegalese infantrymen, in Longchamp, France in 1913. African soldiers’ contribution to World War I is rarely taught in French schools. (Branger/Roger Viollet/Getty Images)
AFRICAN SOLDIERS

David Diop’s Booker win makes African soldiers’ history visible

David Diop won the prestigious annual International Booker prize for translated fiction for his second novel, ‘At Night All Blood is Black’

  • Caroline D Laurent
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