German West African Company
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The German West African Company, in German Deutsch-Westafrikanische Gesellschaft / Compagnie, was a German chartered company, founded in 1885. It exploited the two German protectorates in West Africa (Togo and Cameroon) but did not actually govern them — unlike its counterpart in German East Africa.
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[edit] History
The German West African Company was established as a chartered company with a headquarters in Hamburg. The company was active in both Kamerun and Togoland.[1] Following years of little profits, the company was absorbed by the German Empire on November 13, 1903.[2]
[edit] Kamerun
Main article: Kamerun
Now modern day Cameroon and part of Nigeria.
[edit] Togo
Main article: Togoland
Now modern day Togo and part of Ghana.
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[edit] Sources and references
- ^ Schnee, Heinrich; Albert Hermann Heinrich Schnee (1908). Unsere Kolonien. Quelle & Meyer. p. 37 & 54. http://books.google.com/books?id=s-5IAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ German Bundesrat (1904). Die deutsche Kolonial-gesetzgebung. E.S. Mittler und sohn. p. 238. http://books.google.com/books?id=AsEOAAAAYAAJ.
Horst Gründer, Geschichte der deutschen Kolonien, 4th ed. (Paderborn, Ferdinand Schöningh, 2000).
- CRWFlags.com contains its flag
- WorldStatesmen- here Cameroon & Togo
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