Shared History: Namibia, Cameroon, Tanzania

All three African nations experienced German colonial rule followed by administration under other European powers:

• Namibia: German South West Africa (1884–1915) → South African mandate (1915–1990).
• Cameroon: Kamerun (1884–1916) → Split into French (1916–1960) and British (1916–1961) mandates.
• Tanzania: German East Africa (1885–1919) → British Tanganyika (1919–1961); Zanzibar separate.

Each gained independence in the early 1960s. The German colonial period left linguistic, legal, and infrastructural traces, and in Namibia's case, a genocide (Herero & Nama, 1904–08) still seeking reparations.