Unremembered: the African first world war soldiers without a grave

How a 2019 documentary helped spark an inquiry into missing war graves of soldiers from the British empireUK inquiry blames ‘pervasive racism’ for unequal commemoration of black and Asian troopsHow millions of black and Asian men were mobilised in first world warA crackly audio recording made in the 1980s is one of the few direct links left to the African soldiers and auxiliaries who served Britain in the first world war. It provides a chilling insight into their experience, which sa