CALL TO HONOR FRENCH AFRICAN FIGHTERS

ADDI BA, born in Guinea before moving to France, fought with colonial Senegalese troops early in World War II only to be captured by the Germans.

He escaped from a prison in France’s—a band of resistance fighters—and worked as a liaison between different guerrilla groups. Riding his bicycle through the countryside, he took notes in Arabic on German positions. Taken prisoner, he refused to reveal any information on his Maquis allies and was executed on December 18, 1943. Two streets in France are now named in his honor.