German East Africa
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What it’s about How colonialism shapes the lives of three protagonists in an unnamed coastal town in German East Africa in the early 1900s.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2023
That success was later reversed and by the end of the 19th Century, the Europeans were keen to stamp their authority on this part of what was known as German East Africa.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023
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
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
In April, 1915, Major General Tighe, who had won distinction in the Indian Service, was appointed to command the British troops in German East Africa.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
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