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West African Soldiers during the Colonial Era - West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army, 1860–1960 By Timothy Stapleton. Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, 2022. Pp. 400. $125.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781648250255); $24.99, e-book (ISBN: 9781800104198).

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West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army, 1860–1960 By Timothy Stapleton. Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, 2022. Pp. 400. $125.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781648250255); $24.99, e-book (ISBN: 9781800104198).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2023

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West Africacolonial intermediariesmilitarywarmasculinityethnicity
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The Journal of African History , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , March 2023 , pp. 158 - 161
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