Book description
A few months ago fourteen-year-old Ali Banana was apprenticed to a whip-wielding blacksmith in his rural hometown. Now its winter 1944, the war is entering its most crucial stage and Ali is a private in Thunder Brigade. His unit has been given orders to go behind enemy lines and wreak…
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This book is a fictionalized and sometimes humorous account of a fourteen-year-old who ran away to join the army. It highlights the African soldiers who fought in World War 2 as part of the British army and is based on the experience of the author’s own father.
As mentioned above, the existence of this book and others like it contradicts what I had been taught during those very long-winded history lessons at school…
From Lola's list on Black British history.
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