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As the world marks 140 years since the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, it is crucial to reflect on the enduring legacy of this event, particularly in East Africa. The conference, which aimed to divide ...

I just finished the book “African Kaiser” about the life of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, a German general who led a remarkable guerrilla campaign in East Africa during World War I. Lettow-Vorbeck was the ...

In Tanga, port of Tanganyika (before the War, German East Africa), Britons seethed with righteous indignation last week, wrote letters to the papers, sent cables to the Foreign Office, demanded the ...