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R- Black Senegalese Colonist Soldier A- French General F- Letter T- The pride of the colonial soldier, tell the General that he is full of pride

Dear French Colonist General,

I am your friend, the Senegalese Soldier, Jawara. And I would like to say that I am proud and look forward fighting in this war with you against the Germans. This pride in our country, France, flows throughout all our souls. It feels like that I am talking for not only the other Senegalese soldiers, but also for the white colonist soldiers.

The colonists believe that this will bring better respect from France if we fight well, which is great for us. The country and colonies can grow stronger together through this war. We will get treated better if we win. Many of us want to go up in monuments after the war is over and want a special one for us, Senegalese soldiers. We hope that our royalty toward the French army will bring less racism and us getting better treated. The whites also would get something out of it because the mother country, France, will treat us better. Hopefully, this will happen.

I wish to be a historical figure, but due to many past happenings and previous wars, I get this feeling that this same problem will occur once again. This feeling is that we will just be erased from existence and will be taken as nothing. I hope that this doesn’t happen and will actually help us. Please make sure that this doesn’t happen general. We all have high hopes from this war. Please help us go down in history and not be forgotten as no one like previous times. This also means that you, a general, won’t be remembered for leading us. The times are hard, but we can help change that.

Hopefully, we will be remembered at the end of this war as great soldiers and supporters. However, we look at what is in front of us right now and look forward to this great and terrible war that will go on to fight with all our might.

From, Jawara