This week in the Modern African history course we’re discussing African participation in World War II and its impact on the continent. Like the growing attention to World War I highlighted by the World War I in Africa project, it is increasingly easy to access media for classroom use. A few I have used successfully:
ONLINE VIDEOS:
British Pathe coverage of Italian departure for Ethiopia, 1935:
Halie Selassie I speaks at the League of Nations after the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, 1936:
Rare color footage (Kino Library) of Prisoners of War from the French colonies in Germany:
British Pathe footage of South African war effort & troops:
AFRICAN CINEMA:
Ato Yanney’s His Majesty’s Sergent trailer
Ousmane Sembene’s (1988) Camp de Thiaroye
Rachid Bouchareb (2006) Indigènes (Days of Glory) trailer
PODCASTS:
BBC World Service three-part series “Africa’s Forgotten Soldiers” can be listened to by signing up for the radio archive.
My students listened to Afripod Episode 81: The Nigerian homefront in WWII.
POSTERS:
SOURCE: Source: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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