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French Colonial Infantry

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Life in Mali at the Start of the Twentieth Century

I thought that in order to accompany our text about the role of the colonial troops in WWI and WWII, we could include the following song:"Le chant des Africains"

The song is available on You tube at the following address:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4FRCQhtho&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Wikipedia also proposes an English translation of the 1915 and 1940 versions of the song:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Chant_des_Africains

 

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