Germany was a latecomer to the colonial world of the late nineteenth century but this history of German colonialism makes clear the wide-reaching consequences of Germany's short-lived colonial project ...

In his play Vielleicht, French-Ivorian director Cédric Djedje lays bare Germany's colonial past, through the story of the ...

But actually it wasn’t at all – to this day the street name commemorates a chapter in the history of German colonialism.

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Cai Nebe 12/05/2024 December 5, 2024 In 1893, Dahomey men and women revolted against abuse by German colonial officers in Cameroon in a famous uprising that Germany was unprepared for. We look at ...

Colonial authorities sent Dibobe back to Cameroon in 1907 to consult on the construction of a railway line. German infrastructure in Cameroon still stands to this day, and some historians talk of ...

An Evangelical Church congregation in Germany could face criminal charges for holding an “anti-colonial” Christmas market ...

Cai Nebe 12/04/2024 December 4, 2024 Nduna Mkomanile tried to unite East African communities against German colonialism during the Maji Maji war in the early 20th century. She's now regarded as ...

In awarding the 2024 German Book Prize to Hefter, the jury said: "The novel combines grueling everyday life with mythological figures and cosmic dimensions in a fascinating way, navigating between ...

The statue of a controversial German colonial officer in Namibia's capital, Windhoek, has been taken down following pressure from activists. Curt von François's statue was erected in 1965 to ...

In his play Vielleicht, French-Ivorian director Cédric Djedje lays bare Germany's colonial past, through the story of the 40-year struggle of Afro-descendants to change the names of three streets ...