Germany’s colonial empire, which lasted from 1884 to 1919 shaped global inequalities. German colonies saw forced labor, rebellions, and genocide. In this video series, high school students from Germany and African countries reflect on how it feels to reckon with their shared colonial history — whether as descendants of colonizers or the colonized.
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00:00Our ancestors have colonized ours, so how do you feel right now? And how do you see it?
00:10I've learned that there was a lot of brutality and that Germany has traced to Cameroon.
00:16What remains in our mind is that we have a lot of exploited these countries or regions,
00:23but we forget very quickly and it's bad.
00:32We find that it's unjust and we find that it's not good.
00:36But on the other side, we know that we have taken care of it and that now we still profit.
00:41I think it's very important to learn about our past, even if it's not a very beautiful past.
00:48I feel regret and I'm also sorry for those who went to Cameroon.