AcknowledgementsPART I. BACKGROUND1 Resilience and Resistance of Africa in Twentieth-Century Global Conflict: An IntroductionChima J. Korieh2 The British Empire, Dzikho la Nyasaland, and Two World WarsMelvin E. PagePART II. POLITICS, WAR, AND SOCIETY IN WORLD WAR I3 Plots and Conspiracies: British and German First World War Strategies in the Red Sea and the Horn of AfricaPatrick Gilkes and Martin Plaut4 Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan, World War I, and Italian Colonialism in SomaliaAbdiwahid Osman Haji and William Felepchuk5 Treatment of Enemy Subjects and Social Unrest in Nigeria during World War IOlisa Godson MuojamaPART III. RACE, WAR, SOCIETY, AND WORLD WAR II6 Provisioning for War: Food Crisis on the Nigerian Homefront during the Second World WarChima J. Korieh7 British Price Control Policy and Internal Disturbances in Southwestern Nigeria during World War IIAbiodun S. Afolabi and Marklene Chinatu Ugbogu8 Stories about the French Recruitment of Moroccan Soldiers during World War II: A History from BelowOtman Bychou9 Black Skin, White Cause: Belanda Hitam and Force Noire in Indochina and Indonesia during World War IIYvonne Tan10 Equality for Blood: African Soldiers’ Struggles for Rights after World War IIRuth Ginio11 Mohammed V, Anti-Semitism, and the Moroccan Homefront during the Second World WarKingsley C. Ezeuwa12 West African Soldiers’ Voices in World War II: Between Texts, Oral History, and Digital CultureOliver Coates13 Second World War Veterans and the End of Colonialism in KenyaJanet Achieng OmbimaAfterwordMelvin E. PageSelected BibliographyNote on ContributorsIndexHow African societies influenced the two major global conflicts of the 20th century.The First and Second World Wars were pivotal events in modern global history. Although colonial empires were involuntarily drawn into both global conflicts, most studies of the World Wars have given scant attention to the contributions of colonial societies or the wars’ profound impact on their populations. This pervasive neglect of the significant role played by European colonies on behalf of the Allies is not only historically problematic but also hinders our comprehensive understanding of these wars and their broader impact on humanity.Adopting a global intellectual history lens, this volume examines the influence of African societies and ideas on these two major global conflicts. In doing so, it expands the historiography of both World Wars by offering fundamental new insights. The essays in this collection explore various themes related to both wars and societies within the empire, with a focus on the African experience and its intersection with European empires, colonialism, race, economy, and global conflagrations.