German soldiers move to the front line during the First World War in East Africa in 1914. PHOTO | FILE
What you need to know:
Dar was bombed from the sea on August 8, 1914 and a week later, 200 German troops and ‘askaris’ invaded Kenya
UK academic disputes a widely held perception that the war is generally regarded as a colonial or white man’s war and that local or black participation tends to be regarded as ‘puppet’-like
