This further exemplifies how the concept of "civilization" in the colonialist narrative has no concrete meaning and only serves to justify colonialism and uplift the West in relation to the "Other." The idea of colonialism as truly a "civilizing mission" is in contradiction with Western interest because it implies an endpoint in which the colonized people are sufficiently civilized. At this point, the West will have no justification for continuing to hold power over the colonized people and land. Therefore, the colonialist narrative asserts both that colonialism is a civilizing mission while and that it is impossible for the colonized people to become truly civlized.

Julius Freiherr von Soden (1846-1921) was an administrator and politician in the German colonies. He was appointed the first head commissioner of German Togoland in 1884. In 1885 he was appointed the first governor of Kamerun by Kaiser Wilhelm I. Soden encouraged plantation development in Kamerun and established an advisory council under the governor, an arbitration court, and an initial customs administration. In 1891 Soden was appointed governor of German East Africa which he held until 1893.

"Steuer" is the German word for "tax".

Karl Ebermaier (1862-1943) was the governor of German Kamerun from 1912 to 1916. He lived in Germany until 1898 when he was mad Supreme Judge of German East Africa but was recalled to German after a scandal. In 1902 he was sent to Kamerun to serve as first Referent and deputy Governor.

The Sinti are a subgroup of the Romani who mainly reside in Germany after migrating there in the 15th century. They were targeted during the Holocaust as a part of the Romani.

The Autobahn network was first concieved of in the 1920s but construction did not begin until the Nazi takeover. It became the first limited-access, high-speed road network in the world in 1935. The Autobahn is still widely used today as the German highway system and is most famous for having no federally mandated speed limit for certain types of cars in parts of the network.

A boche generally refers to a group of German soldiers.

This roughly translates to "Leipzig Latest News." Leipzig is a city in the state of Saxony in Eastern Germany.

Are museum's of any kind possible in a decolonized society or do they inherently continue the legacy of colonialism through their operation?

Sankofa is a word from the Akan Twi and Fante languages present in Ghana. It's literal translation is "to go back and get" but it is often associated with the proverb, "Sankofa w'onkyir" which means: "It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten." It is also closely associated with the symbol of a bird reaching behind it's back.

This paragraph and previous passages on this topic are interesting to me as it asserts that Nazism and fascism were a direct consequence of European colonialism and is evidence of the sickness and evil of colonialism

Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano was a Spanish conquistador who led expeditions into Cuba, Honduras, and most famously Mexico. His conquest of Mexico from 1519-1521 led to the fall of the Aztec Empire and the destruction of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán. He became the governor of the Spanish territory in modern-day Mexico and sought to extend Spanish power by converting the indigenous people to Christianity.

A teocalli is a Mesoamerican pyramid with a temple on top. They were sites of important religious rituals in Pre-Columbian Mexico