To browse Academia. His memoirs recount among other things , his work as a land commissioner in Usambara , his role in the suppression of the Maji Maji Rebellion in the Vidunda Mountains , his activity as district officer in the Moshi and Arusha districts , and his service as deputy to governors Rechenberg and Schnee He was closely associated with Rechenberg's policy of favouring African agriculture, in preference to the expansion of European-owned plantations.
He gives first-hand accounts of various actions, including the retreat from Kilimanjaro, the siege of Newala and the battles in the Lukuledi Valley. The German colonial empire committed multiple atrocities in Africa in the past century. Germany now faces the prospect of a historical reckoning.
So far, Germany, among other issues, has engaged three negotiation processes in Africa involving reparations. In that respect, a negotiation process started in between Germany and Namibia regarding the systemic massacres of the Herero and Nama people of Namibia, which even some German government officials have referred to as being genocidal. Another African country which put forward similar assertions against Germany is Tanzania.
The Tanzanian government claims that tens of thousands of people were tortured and killed by German soldiers to eliminate rebels during the period between and In line with these claims, Tanzania started a court process in Last in line is Burundi.
In , the Burundi government established a panel of experts to determine the extent of damages caused by colonizers, namely Germany and Belgium, and the associated cost. Historians have widely neglected the impact of colonial rule on the East African Campaign. The main argument of this paper is that colonial order was instrumental in determining how the war was fought in Eastern Africa.
