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German East Africa

German East Africa was a colony of the German Empire covering present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Established in the 1880s, it saw the brutal suppression of the Maji Maji rebellion, and it was lost after the First World War.

German East Africa
Image: Original: Imperial Colonial Office of the German Empire Vector: David Liuzzo · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). German East Africa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/german-east-africa
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“German East Africa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/german-east-africa. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “German East Africa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/german-east-africa.
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