Between 1884 and 1918, Germany colonized parts of Africa, including present-day Tanzania. This period began during the Berlin Conference of 1884–85, when European powers divided Africa without consulting its people. In this video series, high school students from Berlin and from countries that were colonized by Germany ask each other what they know about this shared past and its legacy.
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00:00I would like to know what you guys know about colonialism.
00:05What I know about colonialism, when a powerful country dominates a weak country in all aspects,
00:11economically, politically, and socially.
00:14In 1885 to 1919, after the Berlin Conference, that's when Germans dominated us.
00:21Germans used force, like they didn't actually want to negotiate,
00:26and when it actually came in terms of negotiations, they only used the bogus treaties that were signed by chiefs in different villages,
00:33making the chiefs sign treaties that he's not even aware of.
00:37And they exploited materials like minerals, gold, land.
00:42People had to pay head taxes. When you have a head, you just have to pay for your tax.
00:47You were strangled either way. You had to work for them.