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202156 minPGdocumentary

Colonialism Historical Events

A Place Called Wahala

202156 minPGdocumentary

Every year, the War Cemetery Memorial of Wahala hosts a Remembrance Day Ceremony on November 11 for African colonial soldiers who died in August 1914.

Colonialism Historical Events

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Jürgen Ellinghaus

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Every year, the War Cemetery Memorial of Wahala hosts a Remembrance Day Ceremony on November 11 for African colonial soldiers who died in August 1914.

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Jürgen Ellinghausdirector

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Wahala, a site in the former German colony of Togo, hosts the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony on November 11. This event honors African colonial soldiers who died in August 1914. The area’s history is marked by a "correctional settlement" established by the German colonial administration in 1903 along the Chra river. This settlement confined individuals deemed obstacles to colonial order. The film connects Wahala's past with its present, reflecting on the echoes of history in modern times.

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