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Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI AfricaA memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.
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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 ...
Long forgotten, Black servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — 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 they represent were buried.
When thinking about World War I, Americans tend to think of the Western Front where the allies fought Germans between 1914 and 1918. But this neglects other stories, like the stories of the Black, ...
Anne’s visit wrapped up on the final day of her two-day trip to South Africa, where she also toured the Desmond and Leah Tutu ...
"It acts as a poignant tribute to the predominantly black South Africans who fought in Africa during the First World War and who were not commemorated at the time," said the commission's director ...
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