Liudvig, M.: The Germans in Africa. A Short Story

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Nemtsy v Afrike. Rasskaz, Moskva 1903

The Germans in Africa. A Short Story

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Gottlieb Keller asks his master, a shoemaker, for his daughter’s hand. The master replies that he will only give his daughter to someone who has conquered some land in Africa for the Germans. Motivated by this condition, Keller embarks on a journey to Africa. He travels from Trieste to Suez, and then to Zanzibar. After exploring the city of Zanzibar, he proceeds to Bagamoyo and later to a German settlement near Pangani. Accompanied by a doctor, he continues his journey into the country, where the two travellers see fields of cotton, rice, and sugar, as well as villages inhabited by Swahili people. Their expedition leads them to Gonja. Eventually, Keller and his companion become entangled in the Abushiri revolt, and as a result they meet Abushiri himself. They end up seeing his death by hanging on December 15^th, 1889. Following these tumultuous events, Keller returns to Berlin, where he is warmly welcomed by Agnessa’s father and by the woman herself.

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