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Knowing by ear : listening to voice recordings with African prisoners of war in German camps (1915-1918) /

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"During the First World War, thousands of young African men conscripted to fight for France and Britain were captured and held as prisoners of war in Germany, where their stories and songs were recorded and archived by German linguists. In Knowing by Ear, Anette Hoffmann demonstrates that liste...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffmann, Anette, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2024.
Series:Sign, storage, transmission.
Subjects:
Prisoners of war > Germany > History > 20th century > Archival resources.
Africans > Germany > History > 20th century > Archival resources.
World War, 1914-1918 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoners' songs > Germany.
Sound recordings in ethnology > Germany.
Chansons de prisonniers > Allemagne.
Enregistrements sonores en ethnologie > Allemagne.
Prisonniers de guerre > Histoire > 20e siècle > Fonds d'archives > Allemagne.
HISTORY / Africa / General.
Prisoners' songs
Sound recordings in ethnology
Germany
1900-1999
History

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