German East Africa (GEA; German: Deutsch-Ostafrika DOA) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga …

German East Africa, former dependency of imperial Germany, corresponding to present-day Rwanda and Burundi, the continental portion of Tanzania, and a small section of Mozambique.

German influence emerged in the area in 1884 when Carl Peters, the German explorer, obtained treaties over parts of the territory. The German government declared a protectorate over the area in …

Jan 13, 2016 · The acquisition of Togo completed German annexation of territory in West Africa. Germany acquired German East Africa (present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi) in …

Apr 8, 2023 · The German colonial experience in East Africa is tangled up in ambition, violence, and resistance. Unlike other European powers, Germans didn’t officially abolish slavery and leaned hard …

Jan 23, 2024 · In East Africa and the Great Lakes region, German colonial conquest spurred courageous resistance from many local East African groups against well-armed and violent colonial …

Nov 27, 2023 · After the Berlin conference of 1884, Germany had several colonies in Africa, German South-West Africa (Namibia), German East Africa (Ruanda-Urundi, Tanganyika, and the Kionga …

In 1869, German missionaries established the first German presence in the territory that would become German East Africa. In 1884, the Company for German Colonization was founded by German …

The process began in 1884, when Carl Peters, a German explorer and adventurer, founded the Society for German Colonization (Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kolonisation) and traveled to the coastal region …

German East Africa was the largest colony of the German colonial Empire. With a surface area of about 995,000 km2 (384,172 sq mi), it represented twice the area of the German Reich (German Empire in …