German Imperialism In Togo

Words: 306
Pages: 2

Generally, one of the main products of colonization is the spread of the colonizers language in the area of influence. However, Germany’s case can be seen as an exception and an interesting case of the opposite situation. Imperialism in Togo is a perfect example to highlight the lack of linguistic colonialism from the German officials. The language development in colonized lands was considered the least important for Germany and there are two reasons behind it. First, the language policy within the educational systems was not focused on integrating German into the curriculum and second, English was taught by the German missioners in order to spread Christianity and industrialization. In fact, the reason why German efforts to spread their