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Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: World War One Round the World: Series 2

The Essay: World War One Round the World: Series 2: Part 5: Dar es Salaam - Ubhuche, Invisible Histories of the First World War

World War I Round the World

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World War One Round the World

Dar es Salaam - Ubhuche, Invisible Histories of the First World War

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Exploring why WWI is almost forgotten in Tanzania despite the casualties it suffered.

History professor Oswald Masebo explores why World War One is almost forgotten in his native Tanzania despite the lives the nation lost to the conflict.

World War One ravaged Tanzania. East Africans were recruited as carriers and fighters, and many more were affected by the destruction of crops by retreating forces. As many as a million died from starvation and sickness as well as from their wounds, yet the war is barely remembered there now. Oswald Masebo, Professor of History at the University of Dar es Salaam, explores the conundrum with an audience at the auditorium of the British Council in Tanzania.

The Essay: World War One Round the World

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Series of essays giving an international perspective on World War One

Cultural figures from around the world give an international perspective on World War One.

Series of further essays in which cultural figures from around the world give an international perspective on World War One

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