African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.

The novel that topped his list is WW1 German soldier Erich Maria Remarque’s semi-autobiographical book All Quiet on the Western Front, first released in 1928.

And all German prisoners of war had long since been repatriated. He finally became a US citizen in 2009 and died aged 92 in 2013. Fittingly, his headstone was inscribed with both of his names.

He recalls the destruction of an indigenous shrine in Ghana by German military in 1913. Also in chapter three is Albert Kudjabo, who fought in the Belgian army before he was imprisoned in Germany.

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