German East Africa
Americannoun
noun
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German East Africa was a German colony which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, parts of Tanzania, and a small region of Mozambique.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
So Gurnah’s latest novel, set in German East Africa at the start of the 20th century, arrives in the U.S. with great fanfare.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2022
Hundreds of thousands more died in the Maji Maji revolt in German East Africa, in what is now Tanzania.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020
Its founder Adolf Luederitz, its imperial commissioner Gustav Nachtigal, and the founder of German East Africa - today's Tanzania - Carl Peters will no longer have locales named after them.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2018
A considerable quantity of military stores also fell into the hands of the victors, much of the booty being found upon examination to have been sent to German East Africa during the last three months.
From Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Prater, Ernest
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