We die like brothers : the South African Native Labour Corps and the sinking of the SS Mendi
Gribble, John, 1965-2017
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In February 1917, the SS Mendi, traveling through thick fog, collided with another steamship and sank off the Isle of Wight, leading to the deaths of more than six hundred men, mostly black South Africans troops from the South African Native Labour Corps (SANLC). The men of the SANLC were traveling to the Western Front in the hopes that their contributions to the war effort would lead to greater opportunities in the new white-ruled nation of South Africa after the war-hopes that ultimately proved unfounded. The sinking of the SS Mendi marked one of the largest losses of life during World War I, but it also occupies a prominent place in South African military history. In the years that followed, the SS Mendi became a focus of black resistance, a physical symbol of black South Africans' long fight for social and political justice.
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Swindon : Historic England Publishing, 2017.Swindon : Historic England Publishing, 2017.
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256 pages
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9781848023697 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.41268
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English
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BRN:
1698146