The Barefoot Sergeant

Fiction & Literature, Historical
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Author: Claude Lambert ISBN: 9780983679134
Publisher: Claude Lambert Publication: December 1, 2011
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Claude Lambert
ISBN: 9780983679134
Publisher: Claude Lambert
Publication: December 1, 2011
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This is a short story (2000 words) about a boy from the Edo group of Benin (now Nigeria) who enters the British Army in the 1930s. He gets promoted to the rank of sergeant and celebrates by having his statue made. But for the following generations, working for the British is not cool anymore: all the discourse is about independence. Soldiers like that young boy are forgotten, both in Britain and in their own country. Their statues get melted by the thousands.Nobody cares, and even the Edo language slowly disappears.

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This is a short story (2000 words) about a boy from the Edo group of Benin (now Nigeria) who enters the British Army in the 1930s. He gets promoted to the rank of sergeant and celebrates by having his statue made. But for the following generations, working for the British is not cool anymore: all the discourse is about independence. Soldiers like that young boy are forgotten, both in Britain and in their own country. Their statues get melted by the thousands.Nobody cares, and even the Edo language slowly disappears.

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