The Burma Campaign from an African Perspective: The 1944 World War II Travelogue of Sgt. F. S. Arkhurst of the Royal West African Frontier Forces

IF 0.9 2区社会学 Q2 CULTURAL STUDIES

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-16 DOI:10.1080/13696815.2021.2002683

K. Osei-Poku

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article analyses issues regarding identity and ideology in an African authored travelogue, “Jeep Road to Victory: African Engineers Carve a Way into Burma”, by Sgt. F. S. Arkhurst, which was published in The West African Review magazine in 1945. Sgt. Arkhurst was an officer in the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Forces in World War II. The focal points of this travelogue are the representations of the efforts of African soldiers in navigating the treacherous terrains of the South East Asia World War II battle grounds ranging from India/Bangladesh to the Kaladan Valley of Burma during the 1944 Burma Campaign. The article asks how African authored travel writing might bring new perspectives on how African soldiers contributed to the success of the war fighting on the side of allied forces.

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从非洲的角度看缅甸战役:1944年第二次世界大战期间皇家西非边防部队的f.s.阿克赫斯特中士的游记

本文分析了1945年发表在《西非评论》杂志上的非洲人撰写的游记《吉普车通往胜利之路:非洲工程师开辟进入缅甸的道路》中的身份和意识形态问题。阿克赫斯特中士是第二次世界大战期间皇家西非边防部队黄金海岸团的一名军官。这本游记的重点是非洲士兵在1944年缅甸战役期间，从印度/孟加拉国到缅甸的卡拉丹河谷，在东南亚的危险地形上航行的努力。这篇文章提出，非洲人撰写的游记如何为非洲士兵在盟军一方为战争的成功做出贡献带来新的视角。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of African Cultural Studies publishes leading scholarship on African culture from inside and outside Africa, with a special commitment to Africa-based authors and to African languages. Our editorial policy encourages an interdisciplinary approach, involving humanities, including environmental humanities. The journal focuses on dimensions of African culture, performance arts, visual arts, music, cinema, the role of the media, the relationship between culture and power, as well as issues within such fields as popular culture in Africa, sociolinguistic topics of cultural interest, and culture and gender. We welcome in particular articles that show evidence of understanding life on the ground, and that demonstrate local knowledge and linguistic competence. We do not publish articles that offer mostly textual analyses of cultural products like novels and films, nor articles that are mostly historical or those based primarily on secondary (such as digital and library) sources. The journal has evolved from the journal African Languages and Cultures, founded in 1988 in the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. From 2019, it is published in association with the International African Institute, London. Journal of African Cultural Studies publishes original research articles. The journal also publishes an occasional Contemporary Conversations section, in which authors respond to current issues. The section has included reviews, interviews and invited response or position papers. We welcome proposals for future Contemporary Conversations themes.