Archaeologists unearth clues on French colonial massacre in Senegal cemetery
Holes in the ground, clods of earth next to headstones, dislocated concrete outlines: the Thiaroye military cemetery near Dakar bears the marks of recent excavations meant to unearth the truth behind a WWII-era massacre by French colonial forces. In November 1944 around 1,600 soldiers from several west African countries were sent to the Thiaroye camp…
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