Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mapoka emunharaunda muGerman East Africa akaramba basa rekumanikidzwa reGerman nemitero. Mukumukira kwaAbushiri
, vaGermany vakapotsa vadzingwa munharaunda yacho muna 1888. Makore gumi gare gare nyika yacho yairatidzika seyakundwa, kunyange zvazvo, "Yakanga iri hondo yakareba-yakareba uye nzvimbo dzomukati mehurumende dzaiva chaizvoizvo zvishoma kudarika nhevedzano yemasvingo maduku ehondo". Muna 1905, vaGermany vakashamiswa nokumukira kwaMajji Maji kwakanga kwakatsigirwa zvikuru. Pakutanga kurwisa uku kwakabudirira. Zvisinei, mukati megore rimwe, kumukira kwakadzvinyirirwa nokuwedzera mauto aiva nezvombo zvemapfuti. Kuedza kweGermany kutora masimba muSouthwest Africa kwakaberekawo kupikisa kwakasimba, uko kwakadzvinyirirwa zvine simba zvikuru kuchitungamirira kuHerero neNamaqua Genocide.