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Most of Africa was colonies of one European nation or another during the war. The German Empire had a few African colonies, such as German East Africa. But Germany's opponents had a lot more, France, Great Britain, Italy and Belgium. Portugal had a few colonies in Africa too. French Colonial troops, such as the Senegalese, fought on the western front, in the trenches.
Middle Passage was the name of the slaves journey from Africa to the colonies of the new world.
they declaired independance
World War I had many fronts, including the Franco-German border, the Russo-German boder, the Middle East, Eastern Africa, Indian and the oceans of the world.
World War 1 became a world war when the Allies and the Central powers started to invaded colonies in the world especially in Africa