Camp de Thiaroye

GPTKB entity

Statements (17)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause protest over unpaid wages and poor treatment
gptkbp:commemorates memorials in Senegal
gptkbp:date December 1, 1944
gptkbp:depicts film 'Camp de Thiaroye' (1988) by Ousmane Sembène
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Camp de Thiaroye
gptkbp:location gptkb:Thiaroye,_Senegal
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Tirailleurs_Sénégalais
French colonial army
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:French_West_Africa
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Tirailleurs_Sénégalais
gptkbp:result massacre of West African soldiers
gptkbp:significance highlighted colonial injustices
gptkbp:victim at least 35 killed (official), possibly more
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ousmane_Sembène
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5