Germany and Its West African Colonies

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Germany and Its West African Colonies is written by Wazi Apoh and published by LIT Verlag Münster. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3643903030 (ISBN 10) and 9783643903037 (ISBN 13).

West African history is usually seen as mainly influenced by English or French colonialism. There is a new interest in German colonialism, but most research is done in European archives and with a European point-of-view. This book explores German colonial exploits and their consequences in Ghana, Togo, and Cameroon, mostly from an African point-of-view. By means of research on sites of the colonial hinterland and the agency of entangled people, the book reveals the simmering impact of the past encounters on indigenous religious, cultural, political, and socio-economic developments in West Africa. (Series: African Studies / Afrikanische Studien - Vol. 49)