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African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in World War I and have no known grave, in Cape Town ...

Some of the iroko posts engraved with the names of previously unrecognised Black non-combatant servicemen who died in Africa during World War I [Courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried.

Beyond these bare facts, little has been known for more than a century about Jenniker and Madhliwa – or any of the other 1,700 South Africans of colour who died in World War I in Africa.

two months and 11 days after the end of World War I. While South Africa has several memorials dedicated to its white soldiers who died in both world wars, the Black servicemen’s contribution was ...

walks in between an African "iroko" hardwood post bearing names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in World War I and have no known grave ...