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The six principal colonies of German Africa, along with native kingdoms and polities, were the legal precedents of the modern states of Burundi, Cameroon, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Togo.
This is a list of the dates when African states were made colonies or protectorates of European powers and lost their independence.
NameYearColonial Power191219111903France and the United Kingdom1902Germany acquired German East Africa (present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi) in 1885, and a formal protectorate was declared in 1890. However, formal boundaries were not concluded until the late 1890s.
The German colonial empire encompassed parts of several African countries, including parts of present-day Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Namibia, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, as well as northeastern New Guinea, Samoa and numerous Micronesian islands.
Sep 22, 2021 · Here's a timeline of Germany's brutal colonial past in the African country. Though relatively short-lived, Germany's colonial presence has had a major impact on present-day Namibia.
Germany acquired South West Africa (present-day Namibia), German East Africa (present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi), Togo, and Cameroon.
Mar 18, 2019 · Kuss analyses the causes and forms of violence perpetrated by the German Empire in three major colonial conflicts: the Boxer War in China (1900–01), the Herero–Nama War in German South West Africa (1904–07/8), and the Maji Maji War in German East Africa (1905–07/8).
