A top German official gave a strong speech on the need for Germany to reckon with its abusive colonial past in Cameroon, a German colony between 1884 and 1919, and other former German colonies.
Colonialism led to unimaginable suffering. It destroyed the lives of many people in Africa.
King Rudolf Manga Bell was one of them.
We are standing today at the spot where he and his comrade-in-arms…
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A protagonist in a book by the winner of last year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, Abdulrazak Gurnah, says: “You want me to tell you about myself as if I have a complete story.…
Germany's Goethe Institute has awarded the Goethe Medal to Cameroon's Princess Marilyn Douala Manga Bell. She is being recognized for her artwork and says she wants to stimulate discussion about her country's history.