Osinachi's 'IN THE AIR' Explores Missing African War History

馃幁 Missing war photos

By PROOF Collective
Sep 11, 2025, 3:03 PM
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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.​

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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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