[Article] France enrolled some 600,000 troops from its colonies to fight in the First World War. One of those was Abodulaye Ndiaye, a Senegalese sharpshooter who fought in some of the most deadly battles of the Great War. He lived to the age of 104. His family look back on his life.
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The town of Thiowor, Northern Senegal. It was in these humble surroundings that Senegal's last surviving World War One trooper lived out his final years. Abdoulaye fought for France from the beginning of the great war.
Cheikh Diop, grand nephew of Abdoulaye Ndiaye:
"He left for the front in 1914. He...
