Categories | African politics |
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Publisher | Deutsches Übersee-Institut Hamburg |
First issue | February 2002 |
Country | Germany |
Website | Magazine homepage |
ISSN | 1619-3156 |
OCLC | 85718710 |
GIGA Focus Afrika is a magazine published by the German Institute of Global and Area Studies. Its original title was Afrika im Blickpunkt.
Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar was a German physician and natural scientist.
The 999th Light Africa Division was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade, formed several months earlier, as a penal military unit. While all members of Nazi punishment units were labeled "criminals", a significant proportion of the brigade's members had been transferred to it for holding, or being perceived to hold, anti-Nazi ideas.
Paul Friedrich Johann Moritz Pogge was a German explorer in the African continent.
Mokilko, or Mukulu, is a Chadic language spoken in central Chad. The local name for the language is Gergiko. This is the name used for mother-tongue literacy materials. Mukulu is the name of a village.
John of Toledo was an English Cistercian and Cardinal.
Marco Calamita is an ex Italian footballer who currently is a football manager.
German South West Africa was a German colony in Africa, established in 1884 with the protection of the area around Lüderitz and abandoned during World War I, when the area was taken over by the British.
Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie was a shipping line, established in 1890 as an alternative to the existing shipping services to East Africa, including German East Africa (1891–1919), then dominated by United Kingdom shipping lines.
The Constantine Tramway is a tramway system which has been operating in Constantine, Algeria, since 2013.
The Saarland Order of Merit is the highest award of the German State of Saarland. Established on 10 December 1974, the order is presented in recognition for outstanding service to Saarland by the Minister-President of Saarland. Awarded in a single class, in the form of an Officer's Cross (Steckkreuz), the insignia of the order is a blue enameled four-armed eight pointed Maltese cross. In the center of the cross is a silver medallion bearing the wreathed Coat of arms of Saarland.
Hans-Jürgen Häßler was a German prehistorian who in 1998 founded the Stiftung Deutsches Holocaust-Museum. He published a number of scholarly articles, and edited the journal Studien zur Sachsenforschung.
Julia Büchler is a German television presenter, radio reporter and journalist.