Conference upate
The following speakers are confirmed for the conference on 2 November 2024 at the Africa Centre, Southwark, London, 10.15 for 10.30am – 3.30pm.
This is looking to be another interesting line up, including focus on West Africa, and also one for discussion where speakers are looking for information and feedback on their topics.
Details will be emailed to participants and attendees. If you would like to attend, the cost is £35 for the day including a light lunch and refreshments. Payment can be made via Paypal (paypal.me/GWAA) or by emailing me for alternative arrangements.
Sérgio Neto – (CITCEM/FLUP (Porto)) By the Light of the Memory Lamp. Discussing Portuguese Literary Memories of the First World War in Africa
Victoria Phiri Chitungu – (The Livingstone Museum, Zambia and International Council of Museums (ICOM)) Memories and Family Stories of the First world war in Zambia.
David Tanner – (Independent historian) Geoffrey Spicer-Simson (1876-1947) and the Diaspora of Damaging Myth.
Paul Richards -(Emeritus Professor of Technology and Agrarian Development, Wageningen University, NL) “Sierra Leone’s involvement in the Kamerun campaign, 1914-1916: was infection with Lassa Fever a consequence?”
Richard Newton – (Independent historian) Role of Air Power during the German East Africa Campaign.
David McDonald and Isatu Smith – (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) CWGC updates on Sierra Leone and South Africa remembrance.
In other ‘news’…
Martin Kyamba told Margery Perham about his East African war experience. This has been transcribed at https://www.vijana.fm/2012/09/03/the-story-of-martin-kayamba-i/. He became a German prisoner of war / internee and later interpreter for the British.
The German Colonial Archive index can be found at https://archivfuehrer-kolonialzeit.de/index.php
1934 German film of WW1 – Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika – Unter der Schirmherrschaft des Reichskolonialbundes (1h 17m, 640×480) (English summary on Wikipedia)