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Where are the Africans, the missing ‘feet and hands’ of the army of the First World War?

Unnamed African soldiers and carrier corps [Courtesy]

A recently erected plague, resembling a headstone or a tombstone written in white font over a green background with a miniature tiny cross break the monotony of acres and acres of grassland savannah in the Tsavo East Game sanctuary.

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