▁Empire ▁for ▁world ▁power . ▁ ▁German ▁colonial ▁rule ▁in ▁Africa ▁ 1 8 8 4 - 1 9 1 4 ▁was ▁an ▁expression ▁of ▁national ism ▁and ▁moral ▁superior ity ▁that ▁was ▁just ified ▁by ▁construct ing ▁an ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁n atives ▁as ▁" Other ". ▁German ▁colon ization ▁was ▁character ized ▁by ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁repr ess ive ▁violence ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁‘ c ulture ’ ▁and ▁‘ c ivil ization ’ . ▁Germany ' s ▁cultural - mission ary ▁project ▁bo asted ▁that ▁its ▁colonial ▁programs ▁were ▁human itar ian ▁and ▁educational ▁endeav ors . ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁wide ▁accept ance ▁among ▁intellect uals ▁of ▁social ▁Dar win ism ▁just ified ▁Germany ' s ▁right ▁to ▁ac quire ▁colonial ▁territ ories ▁as ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁the ▁‘ sur v ival ▁of ▁the ▁f ittest ’ , ▁according ▁to ▁historian ▁Michael ▁Sch ub ert . ▁ ▁Col onial ▁German ▁phys icians ▁and ▁administr ators ▁tried ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁case ▁for ▁increasing ▁the ▁native ▁population , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁also ▁increase ▁their ▁numbers ▁of ▁labor ers . ▁Eug ene ▁Fischer , ▁an ▁anth rop ologist ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Fre ib urg , ▁agreed ▁with ▁that ▁notion ▁saying ▁that ▁they ▁should ▁only ▁be ▁supported ▁as ▁necessary ▁and ▁as ▁they ▁prove ▁to ▁be ▁useful . ▁Once ▁their ▁use ▁is ▁gone ▁Europe ans ▁should , ▁" allow ▁free ▁competition , ▁which ▁in ▁my ▁( F ischer ' s ) ▁opinion ▁means ▁their ▁dem ise ." ▁. ▁ ▁Col on ies ▁▁▁