Naulila 1914. World War I in Angola and International Law A Study in (Post-)Colonial Border Regimes and Interstate Arbitration

• Main Author: Zollmann, Jakob (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2016
• Series: Studien zur Geschichte des Völkerrechts
• Subjects: colonialism; Angola; World War I; international law; arbitration; memorial culture
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 1885, Germany and Portugal became neighbours in Africa. The newly founded colony of German Southwest Africa prevented the southwards expansion of the ancient colony of Angola. The border along the Cunene and Kavango Rivers remained under dispute. After the outbreak of World War I in Europe, Portu...