Aylward shorter biography of christopher

"This study of the White Fathers' sufferings, sacrifices and heroisms, depicted so vividly in the stories of the missionaries - and even perhaps particularly in those of the young aspirants - illuminates most freshly the rapprochement between the Church and French society and…the recapturing of that deeper human unity which finds its roots in Christianity…It is splendidly knit together with fast-moving, graphic stories which illuminate the horrors of the war and the terrible nobility of so much suffering and sacrifice."
- Richard Gray, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

It is a surprise for many people to learn that over two million Africans served in the First World War as soldiers or labourers and that hundreds of thousands died, or were killed, in action.

It is equally surprising for them to learn th