Angeli Sowani
Alhaji Grunshi, 2022
Acrylic on gesso board
20 x 20 cm
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in
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Following the declaration of war by the British Empire on August 4, 1914, one of the first shots to be fired was in Africa by Alhaji Grunshi, a sergeant major...
Following the declaration of war by the British Empire on August 4, 1914, one of the first shots to be fired was in Africa by Alhaji Grunshi, a sergeant major in the British West African Force on August 7, 1914. They were firing on the Germans in their colony of Togoland. The Great War had now become a World War!