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Promotional artwork for Never Look Back: African Soldiers in WWII, featuring a person in military-style clothing running through smoke and flying sparks against a dramatic orange backdrop. Large white text reads “NEVER LOOK BACK,” with “AFRICAN SOLDIERS IN WWII” displayed below.

Never Look Back

Thu 25 Mar 2027 - Sat 27 Mar 2027

‘Baba, tell me your story of the war’

Uganda, 2020. Veteran Komakech ‘Abba’ Ogwang is haunted by dreams of battle. His granddaughter, Anena, urges him to share his long-buried story. 

As Abba struggles to confront the past, he transports Anena to the fear and camaraderie of the jungles of 1940s Burma, where the King’s African Rifles, led by British officers, face the Japanese army. 

John Rwothomack’s (Far Gone) retelling of the East and Southern African soldiers who fought for the Commonwealth in World War II. 

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