Chapter 167 Cultural Genocide
East Africa. Compared with the whole world, Africa is also a desert of civilization. The brilliant ancient Egyptian civilization supports the long history of civilization in Africa.
But Ernst never considered Egypt as a part of Africa. When he thought of Africa, Ernst would subconsciously exclude the entire North Africa. The vast Sahara Desert was like a galaxy, dividing the entire Africa into two worlds.
The indigenous people in the East African wilderness were not the civilized world in Ernst's eyes. They were so wild and unrestrained that Ernst felt that they were integrated with the vast African continent.
In all conscience, Ernst was unwilling to disrupt the indigenous people's way of living in harmony with animals, which had lasted for thousands of years.
However, even without Ernst there would be other colonists who would break the tranquility of this continent, so Western colonists are the real destroyers of this world.
They forcibly pulled Africa into the gears of the world. Before their arrival, these natives had no concept of human society. They followed the law of the jungle and had truly simple thinking, just like the animals in the East African plains. They were rich in the most primitive and wild thinking.
The colonists brought all the evils of the so-called civilized world, such as lies, fraud, selfishness, greed, etc., to the indigenous world.
But they do not educate these indigenous people and pass on the great thoughts and good virtues of human sages.
Of course, Ernst is not a good person either. As a veteran who has been whipped by society for decades, Ernst's heart is also black.
Now Ernst is going to completely wipe out all traces of the existence of these indigenous people in East Africa. It is very simple to destroy the traces of the existence of the indigenous people in East Africa, especially in the grassland area. A wildfire can burn all traces of the existence of the indigenous people.
However, Ernst’s main target this time was not these natives, but the Arab civilization that actually left traces of civilization in East Africa.
There are a lot of Arab civilization legacies in the East African colonies. Arabs, Persians, Indians and even the Ming Dynasty in the Far East have visited the land of East Africa.
India, Persia and the Far East were not of concern; after all, they were merely passing through East Africa.
It was the Arabs who truly took root in East Africa. The entire East African coast and the area near North Africa bear many traces of Arab civilization.
The buildings and cities left over from the Zanzibar Sultanate are just the tip of the iceberg, and include areas in Kenya and Buganda that have been deeply influenced by North Africa.
Even in the 21st century, archaeologists can still discover traces left by ancient Arabs in the ruins of East Africa.
The all-Muslim-style buildings are quite eye-catching in East Africa. Many of them are products of the Middle Ages and would have been cultural heritage in the past.
But Ernst is not a person who cherishes cultural relics, especially those things whose existence may affect the future land law in East Africa.
People always like to fantasize, and many people like the statement "since ancient times". There have been many cities built by Arab civilization in East Africa.
If this happened in his previous life, Ernst had reason to believe that some Arabs would use this as a basis to seek explanation from East Africa.
Not to mention the 21st century, even now, this kind of thing is very common, for example, a lot of European countries claim to be the successors of Rome, if it is said that France and the Germans are making this claim.
Italy is just dreaming of restoring the Roman Empire, which is wishful thinking. Everyone knows that the Rome Italy is talking about is not safe. Do you think it wants to cede the entire Mediterranean coast to you?
Some people in Italy are like toads who want to eat swan flesh. They are crazy about it.
The Turks are just hilarious clowns. The Eastern Roman Empire was destroyed by the Ottoman Empire, but the Ottoman Empire now claims to be the orthodox Roman Empire. The Germans at least accepted part of the Roman cultural heritage. You Ottomans are a completely alien civilization and a mortal enemy of ancient Rome. You didn't leave any way for the Eastern Roman Empire and even exterminated their culture. How can you have the nerve to do that?
Moreover, Türkiye wanted to use the banner of Rome, but was also obsessed with Arab civilization. Later, it even promoted Pan-Turkism, which was really a mess.
Therefore, as the times change, outrageous things will only become more and more outrageous, and Ernst is just patching it up to prevent foreign countries from finding fault in the future.
As for East Africa, all historical relics have been destroyed. In the future, East African history books will replace America's as the thinnest. Ernst doesn't care.
Even if the United States in the past had brought together cultural relics and cultures from all over the world, it would not have changed the contempt of the people of the Old World for American history and culture.
There is no need for East Africa, which has a shorter history, to cover up its mistakes. It just has no history and culture. Just admit it. Openly acknowledge that East Africa is a patchwork.
Fisher's job was one of these, directing demolition work in Dar es Salaam.
All buildings left over from the Sultanate of Zanzibar were demolished and replaced with German-style buildings. This work was also carried out in Mombasa and Buganda.
In the future, new cities with German style will replace typical Arab buildings such as mosques and become a new window for East Africa's foreign exchanges.
It was completely unexpected that a "high-end talent" like Fischer could come to Africa. The Stuttgarter Evening News was actually opened by Ernst. As the rate of German immigration slowed down, he placed a job advertisement in the newspaper in the spirit of trying his best.
I originally thought that East Africa would not be very attractive to German city dwellers. After all, the salary offered is not that high, and Africa is rumored to be a very bad place in Europe.
But Ernst underestimated the living conditions of the lower classes of that era. Even in economically developed cities, there were still craftsmen like Fischer whose families could barely make ends meet.
However, don't imagine that you can recruit a large number of workers through advertising. The vast majority of Germans are still willing to live in Europe, and leaving their homeland is a helpless act.
Moreover, there are not so many jobs in East Africa to accommodate these workers. Fisher is lucky because the construction industry is popular everywhere, which means the technical threshold is relatively low.
However, this industry in Europe is currently saturated, and the low technical threshold means it is easy to be replaced. In addition, Fisher had little education and relied entirely on his ancestral experience. He also happened to meet a boss without any conscience. These combined factors led to Fisher losing his job and finding employment in East Africa.
There are probably not many such unlucky people in Germany. Even if he waits a little longer, he should be able to find a job. But Fischer has three mouths to feed at home and can't afford to wait any longer.
In addition, the southwestern region of Germany was indeed a key area for immigration from East Africa. The demonstration of the migration of farmers to East Africa further deepened Fischer's impulse to develop in East Africa.
(End of this chapter)
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