In this episode we sit down with writer Lutivini Majanja to explore the untold stories of African conscripts in World War 1—through the personal story of her great-grandfather, Odanga.
This is an important episode that ignites conversations around African conscripts buried and forgotten (borderline erased) by “formal” historical archival practices. We cannot afford to be oblivious to the horrors inflicted upon our ancestors for empire’s sustenance. Onto Lutivini’s essay.
“We don’t need papers to remember people.”
This is an important episode that ignites conversations around African conscripts buried and forgotten (borderline erased) by “formal” historical archival practices. We cannot afford to be oblivious to the horrors inflicted upon our ancestors for empire’s sustenance. Onto Lutivini’s essay.