Africans in German Imperial Army, 1870-1918
Josef Mambo (born in 1885 in Tanga, East Africa) was brought to Germany as a child (1897) and later served as the kettle drummer in...
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Mine worker x-rayed for diamond check, 1954
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De Beer mine workers are X-rayed at the end of every shift before leaving the diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa, October 1954. South African mine...
Cabinet ministers lined up for execution after a coup d’état in Liberia, 1980
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A Liberian Army soldier stands ready to execute a former cabinet minister following the 1980 coup. The minister in the photo: Cecil Dennis. On April...
Genocide In The Congo
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From 1885 to 1908, Belgian King Leopold II took control of the Congo. He turned the nation into a moneymaking machine by farming ivory and...
Henry Morton Stanley
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Henry Morton Stanley, a prominent figure in African exploration, is a complex and controversial historical figure. His expeditions into the heart of Africa in the...
King Leopold II
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Leopold II, French in full Léopold-Louis-Philippe-Marie-Victor, Dutch in full Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor, (born April 9, 1835, Brussels, Belgium—died December 17, 1909, Laeken), was...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DRC, is a country located in Central Africa. With a population of over 100 million people,...
Theodor Gotthilf Leutwein
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Theodor Gotthilf Leutwein was a prominent figure in the colonial administration of German Southwest Africa during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in...
Herero and Nama Genocide
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Herero and Nama Genocide Beginning in the late 1880s, the Germans ruled a colony in South-West Africa, which was populated by various groups, such as...
Eugen Fischer
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Eugen Fischer was a prominent German scientist and physician who made significant contributions to the fields of anthropology, genetics, and eugenics during the early 20th...