Dr. Joe Lunn, of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, discusses the 1918-1919 Spanish Influenza pandemic in Senegal. The impact of the Spanish flu in Africa is often overlooked for a number of reasons including colonization. This presentation explores the three waves that struck the continent and the response to the illness in Africa.

Photo credit: Image of The Shropshire Regiment amid the destruction of homes, 1894. Image courtesy of Wellcome Images/CC BY 4.0