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portada We Die Like Brothers: The Sinking of the SS Mendi
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
200
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
21.8 x 14.0 x 2.0 cm
Weight
0.54 kg.
ISBN13
9781848023697
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We Die Like Brothers: The Sinking of the SS Mendi

Graham Scott (Author) · John Gribble (Author) · Historic England · Hardcover

We Die Like Brothers: The Sinking of the SS Mendi - Gribble, John ; Scott, Graham

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Synopsis "We Die Like Brothers: The Sinking of the SS Mendi"

The SS Mendi is a wreck site off the Isle of Wight under the protection of Historic England. Nearly 650 men, mostly from the South African Native Labour Corps (SANLC), lost their lives in February 1917 following a collision in fog as they travelled to serve as labourers on the Western Front, in one of the largest single losses of life during the conflict. The loss of the Mendi occupies a special place in South African military history. Prevented from being trained as fighting troops by their own Government, the men of the SANLC hoped that their contribution to the war effort would lead to greater civil rights and economic opportunities in the new white-ruled nation of South African after the war. These hopes proved unfounded, and the Mendi became a focus of black resistance before and during the Apartheid era in South Africa. One hundred years on, the wreck of the Mendi is a physical symbol of black South Africans' long fight for social and political justice and equality and is one of a very select group of historic shipwrecks from which contemporary political and social meaning can be drawn. The wreck of the SS Mendi is now recognised as one of England's most important First World War heritage assets and the wreck site is listed under the Protection of Military Remains Act. New archaeological investigation has provided real and direct information about the wreck for the first time. The loss of the Mendi is used to highlight the story of the SANLC and other labour corps as well as the wider treatment of British imperial subjects in wartime. And the political, social and cultural repercussions of the sinking are brought up to date with a new archaeological perspective.

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