The Senegalese rifleman M’bap Senghor will never know his son, Biram Senghor, born in 1939. After fighting under the French uniform during the Second World War, he returned from Europe to join the Thiaroye military camp. He was shot there on December 1, 1944, on the orders of French officers. This massacre cost the lives of many African riflemen. In this episode, we explore the gray areas surrounding this event and follow descendants, like Biram Senghor, in their quest for truth around the Thiaroye massacre.
With Biram Senghorson of a rifleman killed in Thiaroye, Dyénaba SarrFrench teacher at Thiaroye high school, Martin MourreFrench historian, author of Thiaroye 1944: History and memory of a colonial massacre (2017), PUR edition, Armelle MabonFrench historian, author of The Thiaroye massacre, the story of a state lie (2022), edition The stowaway, Idrissa BaSenegalese historian, director of the history department at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Ibrahima ThioubSenegalese historian, former rector of the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar.
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