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Title: | Military Recruitment in the Gold Coast during the First World War |
Author: | Thomas, Roger G. |
Year: | 1975 |
Periodical: | Cahiers d'études africaines |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 57 |
Pages: | 57-83 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | military recruitment World War I colonialism History and Exploration Military, Defense and Arms Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.3406/cea.1975.2610 |
Abstract: | Although conscription was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1916, there was no de jure extension of this system to the British West African colonies. This has led students of the period to conclude that all the soldiers recruited for the West African Frontier Force during the First World War were volunteers. This paper examines the military recruiting campaigns carried out in the Gold Coast during the war and concludes that this is an oversimplified description of the situation. Sections: Recruitment in the Northern Territories - The Eastern Province - The Western Province - Recruiting methods and effects. Notes, tables, French summary. |