Thank you to all who participated in the conference on 2 November at The Africa Centre, Southwark. It was a fascinating day pf presentations – quite diverse in coverage with good discussion and networking, as usual. I am hoping to get recordings of the talks online soon – they will be password protected (ie for members only). I’ll let you know when recordings are available.
Our next in-person conference will likely be at the same venue, on Saturday 1 November 2025. Details to follow in the new year. If anyone would like to assist with organising/on the day support, please get in touch, and also if you would like to present a paper. We’re also considering having an online event earlier in the year to enable members not able to travel to London to get together. Details to follow…
For attendees of the 2023 conference and others who knew her, it was with great sadness that I received an email, on leaving the conference on Saturday, to say that Tayo Agunbiade who presented on Nigerian women in the First World War lost her health battle two weeks before our 2024 event. Tayo had continued to work on uncovering more of what Nigerian women had been up to during the war despite her poor health and had when I last saw her expected to join us this year.
Lost World War 1 Cemetery discovered in Dar es Salaam – see CWGC report https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/news/historical-update-report-identifies-lost-cemetery-in-dar-es-salaam/
The Royal Logistics Corps Museum has an online archive which looks like it may contain information on indivuals who served with the Army Service Corps (ASC) during the First World War – including those in Africa. The role of the ASC in the war in Africa is an area hugely under-researched and written about, despite their significant contribution to the war effort.
Anyone in te Meerhof, Magaliesberg area of South Africa on 9 November 2024, Peter Terry will be talking on ‘Tumult in the Clouds’ – the role of some South Africans in the air war of the Great War. Details and booking at info[@]machbookings.co.za. Sadly these events are only in-person.
The next edition of the West Africa Frontier Force Journal has been added to the site – https://gweaa.com/royal-west-african-frontier-force-journals-contents/