How German colonial rule is remembered across Africa
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How German colonial rule is remembered across Africa
Mar 21, 2025
DW.COMJulia Hitz
European colonial rule across Africa lasted over 70 years. Communities were not only physically uprooted, resettled, or changed forever, but their identity was in many cases destroyed. In the grand scheme of colonial rule, renaming mountains and towns seems fairly mild. But it wasn't: in fact, renaming places was a key colonial policy in claiming African lands as their own. #ShadowsofGermanColonialism | DW Africa
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European colonial rule across Africa lasted over 70 years. Communitie…
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How Germany built an African Empire
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Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi is known as a national hero in Namibia for leading the Nama people in a revolt against German colonial forces during the early 20th century. The fight cost Witbooi his life, and though he is celebrated in Namibia, he is relatively unknown in the country of his birth, South Africa. But one of his descendents is South African Afrikaans rapper #Hemelbesem, also known as Simon Witbooi. Simon has written a song referencing his famous ancestor to promote pride in cultural ident
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Shadows of German Colonialism
Shadows of German Colonialism
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