Osinachi's 'IN THE AIR' Explores Missing African War History
Osinachi's 'IN THE AIR' Explores Missing African War History
馃幁 Missing war photos
Osinachi's latest Grails Season 2 piece 'IN THE AIR' tackles historical erasure
The digital artist examines why African soldiers are absent from WWI and WWII gas mask imagery despite their significant wartime contributions.
- Gas masks were standard equipment in both world wars
- Africans played major roles in these conflicts
- Zero visual documentation exists of African soldiers wearing gas masks
The work questions this deliberate omission from historical records and challenges viewers to consider whose stories get preserved.
IN THE AIR by Osinachi, Grails Season 2 Gas masks were extensively used during the First World War and the Second World War. Although it is rarely talked about, Africans played a huge role in both wars, which means that they must have been handed gas masks at some point to go
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