Independence
On the one hand, the First World War was the final step of the Scramble for Africa. On the other, the seeds which led to independence less than forty years later were sown.
African Leaders and World War 1
Nationalism and Freedom fighters
Remembrance
UK funded Centenary Projects on Africa
The two-minute silence
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
– War Dead and Memorials/Cemeteries
– Archive
Belgium War Dead Project
– War Dead
South African Indian Legion
Memorials
Entangled Colonial Legacies – a German overview
Campaign displays around the world
Photos and Memorials
Contains the number of casualties in the East Africa Campaign: