Credit: AP/Nardus Engelbrecht When her speech ended, a lone soldier played “The Last Post” on his bugle to commemorate the Black servicemen as war dead, 106 years, two months and 11 days after ...

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

1,772 Black Servicemen Who Died in WWI Were Ignored in South Africa. at Last They Are Being Honored CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set ...