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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.

[edit] History

Flag of the German West Africa Company (DWAG)

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.

[edit] See also

German colonial empire

[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

[0] Schnee, Heinrich; Albert Hermann Heinrich Schnee (1908). Unsere Kolonien. Quelle & Meyer. p. 37 & 54. http://books.google.com/books?id=s-5IAAAAIAAJ.

[1] German Bundesrat (1904). Die deutsche Kolonial-gesetzgebung. E.S. Mittler und sohn. p. 238. http://books.google.com/books?id=AsEOAAAAYAAJ.

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Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Kamerun

[edit] Togo

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources and references