African American

your hubby's interest. It is a lesser known story of war that's nagged me, too, every Veteran's Day since, when a kid, my dad told me of his uncles who fought in both wars.

I was surprised to see a helluva lot is written about it in recent years especially on African web sites and other sites about the devastating affects of the wars in their countries. One in particular, an historian in Tanzania said that East Africans don't talk about it much because the country was under German control. He used a term in the language, ubhuche, creative adaptation, hiding the truth because it was risky being considered a German sympathizer under now British rule. And Germans even blamed them for losing WWI. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33329661

I just know the work of these historians and oral history are uncovering the truth. There's a play in England about the role of commonwealth soldiers. I saw a Canadian site remembering everyone and, of course, Africans are telling it. And that gift to us will move on!