Diogo Dieye 103, a former Senegalese tirailleur, who fought for the French during World War II, in Lebanon and in Libreville, poses for a portrait on his bed in Thies on December 22, 2022.  - The Senegalese Tirailleurs where colonial infantry, forced to fight in France’s wars through the 19th and 20th centuries.  A tribute is paid to these soldiers in the film "Tirailleurs", by director Mathieu Vadepied, screened on December 20, 2022 in Dakar during a special evening in Senegal, where it will be released on January 6, 2023 after its release in France on January 4, 2023.  (Photo by JOHN WESSELS  /  AFP)

New film Tirailleurs highlights France's forgotten Senegalese troops - in pictures



Updated: January 06, 2023, 12:19 PM