Germany–Tanzania relations

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Germany–Tanzania relations
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Germany–Tanzania relations are the

bilateral relations between Germany and Tanzania. From 1885 to 1918, Tanzania (excluding Zanzibar) was a German colony as part of German East Africa. In the 21st century, relations are primarily characterized by the joint development cooperation
.

History

In 1848, German missionaries

Sultan of Zanzibar to recognize German territorial claims on the East African mainland, creating the colony of German East Africa.[1]

A year later, the United Kingdom and the German Empire agreed on their respective spheres of influence in East Africa with the signing of a treaty, allowing Germany to gain control of the port of Dar es Salaam. In 1888, an uprising occurred on the coast after colonial official Emil von Zelewski desecrated a mosque, which was quelled after German colonial troops were sent in. A year later, the leader of the uprising, Abushiri, was executed by the Germans, and administration of the colony passed from the German East African Company to the German Empire in 1891. A year earlier, the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty had been signed, under which Germany renounced further acquisitions in East Africa.[1] In 1896, the British-Zanzibar War broke out after the Sultan of Zanzibar wanted to ally with the German Empire. The war went down in history as the shortest war ever, lasting 38 minutes, and ending in a British victory.[2]

During the colonial period, the German colonial masters established the port city of Mwanza and built the Usambara Railway. German East Africa was the largest German colony by area and population. The Arab domination of the coast ended with the German invasion, and a Bantu uprising was also put down in 1892. Germany exploited the area economically and established a plantation economy. In 1905, slavery was abolished and in the same year the Maji-Maji uprising began, which was put down by German troops two years later. Thereafter, the colonial rulers intensified their efforts to build infrastructure in the colony, but with the start of World War I, Germany lost control of the area in 1916.[3]

After Germany's defeat in World War I, German East Africa was partitioned among the victorious powers by the Treaty of Versailles. Apart from Rwanda-Urundi (which was awarded to Belgium) and the small Kionga Triangle (which was awarded to Portuguese Mozambique), the territory was placed under British control as Tanganyika Territory. After World War I, however, most of the German settlers, missionaries and officials were expelled, and cultural relations were not re-established until Tanzania gained independence.[4]

After the end of

East African Campaign. According to his biographers Leonard Mosley and Robert Gaudi, these activists often travelled to West Germany, during the last decades of European colonialism in Africa, to seek the advice of their fathers' former commanding officer, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck.[5]

Tanganyika finally received its independence in 1961 and three years later united with Zanzibar to form Tanzania. In December 1961, the country established diplomatic relations with the

Federal Republic of Germany, and economic cooperation agreements were signed as early as the 1960s.[1]

Shortly after diplomatic relations were established, a Goethe Institute was opened in the country. Since 1982, the German Foreign Office has been promoting projects related to the colonial era as part of a cultural preservation program.[4]

According to

Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), which was then led by former Abwehr spymaster Reinhard Gehlen, at a considerable advantage in dealing with the newly independent governments of post-colonial Africa. This is why the Tanzanian intelligence service was largely built and trained by BND military advisors, which laid the groundwork for close relations that Gehlen attempted to use to steer Tanzania into taking an anti-Soviet stance during the ongoing Cold War and which assisted the West German economic miracle by encouraging and favoring German trade and corporate investment.[6]

After the end of the

German Democratic Republic.[1]

After German reunification, Tanzania moved its embassy from Bonn to the current embassy building in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

Economic relations

Starting in the 1990s, Tanzania experienced considerable

beverages, tobacco, raw materials, and foodstuffs from the country, among others.[4]

Development cooperation

Germany is a major donor in the field of development assistance, with the focus of the joint development partnership on biodiversity, water and energy supply, good governance and health. Germany is the second-largest donor for environmental and nature conservation in the country after the United States.[4] From 2015 to 2017, German aid totaled 158.5 million Euro, making Tanzania one of the largest recipients of German aid.[8]

Cultural relations

Close cultural relations were already established during the colonial period and some German terms have become established in

Kiswahili such as shule (school), hela (money) and nusu kaputi (literally: half broken = full anesthesia).[9]

There are numerous church, school, university and city partnerships between the two countries, including a partnership between Potsdam and Zanzibar City and one between Hamburg and Dar es Salaam. A Tanzanian-German Law Center has been established at the University of Dar es Salaam in cooperation with the University of Bayreuth.[8]

Diplomatic locations

  • Germany has an embassy in Dar es Salaam.[10]
  • Tanzania has an embassy in Berlin.[11]
  • German embassy in Dar es Salaam
    German embassy in Dar es Salaam
  • Tanzanian embassy in Berlin
    Tanzanian embassy in Berlin

Individual references

  1. ^ a b c d "Tansanisch-deutsche Beziehungen – pangloss.de". www.pangloss.de. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  2. ^ Flocken, Jan von (2016-02-14). "Imperialismus: Der kürzeste Krieg aller Zeiten dauerte 38 Minuten". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  3. ^ Museum, Stiftung Deutsches Historisches. "Gerade auf LeMO gesehen: LeMO Kapitel: Kaiserreich". www.dhm.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  4. ^ a b c d "Germany and Tanzania: Bilateral relations". German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  5. ^ Robert Gaudi (2017), African Kaiser: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918, Caliber. Pages 416-417.
  6. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
    , New York. Pages 220-221.
  7. ^ "Rangfolge der Handelspartner im Außenhandel" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  8. ^ a b "Beziehungen zu Deutschland" (PDF). ZVEI. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  9. S2CID 185380200
    .
  10. ^ "Deutsche Vertretungen in Tansania". Auswärtiges Amt (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  11. ^ "Vertretungen Tansanias in Deutschland". Auswärtiges Amt (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-06.

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