New film Tirailleurs highlights France's forgotten Senegalese troops

After the First World War broke out, France recruited across its West African colonies to transform the tirailleurs into a force designed to hammer the Germans on the Western Front

Diogo Dieye, 103, a former Senegalese tirailleur who fought for the French during the Second World War in Lebanon and in Libreville, poses for a portrait on his bed in Thies. All photos: AFP