Michelle R. Moyd · Ohio University Press · 2014 · History · English

Violent Intermediaries: African Soldiers, Conquest, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa

Moyd examines African askari as soldiers, colonial intermediaries and members of local societies. This study is essential background for understanding the army that fought in German East Africa during World War I, and for questioning the myth of uncomplicated African loyalty to German colonial rule. Its focus is African colonial and military history; the soldiers should not automatically be classified as German citizens or residents of Germany.

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