Black Horror on the Rhine
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The Black Horror on the Rhine was a moral panic perpetuated in Weimar Germany and elsewhere concerning allegations of widespread crimes, especially sexual crimes, supposedly committed by Senegalese an
"Brutality, Bestiality, Equality". German postcard sent in January 1923, depicting a Senegalese soldier of the French army alongside a Czech one. The verse text reads: The one is from Senegal / The other's name is Dolezal (Doležal is a common Czech surname) / The Negro steals in the Rhineland / The Czech in Prague and Eger / Each in his way looks out for / France's honor, glory and praise.
"To the heroes of the Black Army": Monument to Senegalese soldiers of the French army who successfully defended Reims in July 1918.
Soldiers of the 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment in 1917
Blaise Diagne, Senegalese champion of citizenship for military service
Norman Leys
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Norman Maclean Leys was a British Africanist and political critic. He was described by his Manchester Guardian obituarist as "a fiery and determined prophet on colonial affairs, especially as he saw t
Headstone of Leys