Through 10 podcasts and short videos, Shadows of German Colonialism sheds light on Germany's devastating colonial history across Africa. We discover how Germany's territorial conquest led to exploitation and unimaginable violence, and how that colonial oppression still impacts societies in Tanzania, Namibia, Togo and Cameroon to this day.
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00:38 It is very, very important as an African
00:41 that we do know all of our history,
00:43 not just the good parts, the bad parts,
00:46 so that we can move forward stronger and build a better
00:49 society.
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00:53 So there will always be reactions, good, bad,
01:02 and maybe in between.
01:03 But the thing is, having a conversation, healing,
01:06 is something that is more important.
01:08 And it has to start from somewhere.
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01:13 The colonial past was the past, but it was a bad thing.
01:17 Today, let's start this anew by sitting together,
01:21 by talking at eye level as well, politically, and also
01:27 culturally or socially, in that case,
01:30 in resolving the problem that's really affecting
01:34 our societies at large.
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01:39 Theory than in reality.
01:41 At the Berlin Conference of 1885,
01:44 Germany claimed territories on today's Tanzanian mainland.
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01:54 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:04 Germany claimed territories in today's Tanzania, Rwanda,
02:07 and Burundi in 1885.
02:10 They enforced their claims over so-called German East Africa
02:13 with violence.
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