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Askari: The Indigenous Soldiers of European Colonial Armies in Africa

Askaris were soldiers recruited from local populations in Africa to fight for European colonial powers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Demerara Rebellion (1823): The Peaceful Protest That Led to the Massacre of Hundreds of Enslaved Africans by British Forces

In August 1823, one of the largest uprisings of enslaved Africans in the British Caribbean unfolded in the colony...