German Africa

American  

noun

1. the former German colonies in Africa, comprising German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroons, and Togoland.

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Example Sentences

I pictured a flight across the Kalahari to German Africa, the crackling, parching days, the wonderful blue-velvet nights.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John

Then there may be an army of 1,000,000 men in German Africa, and the colony will have its own war navy, like Brazil.

From Religion and the War by Various

No doubt the two German warships which escaped had warned their consort of her danger, and she had sailed for some port in German Africa.

From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by Stribling, T. S.

Lloyd George has declared "the general principle of national self-determination applicable at least to German Africa," while Chancellor Hertling once welcomed a discussion "on the reconstruction of the world's colonial possessions."

From Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

Then we had to turn down Ninth Street because we saw C.D. coming, with whom we had previously agreed that Great Britain should have German Africa.

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher