Gottlob Krause Explained
Gottlob Adolf Krause (January 5, 1850 in Ockrilla near Meissen - February 19, 1938 in Zürich)[1] was a German Africanist and linguist.
Research
Krause researched languages of Central and West Africa, and is credited with labeling the Kwa languages.
Political Beliefs
Krause was an anti-colonialist, and did not cooperate with the German Empire's goals of imposing colonies in Africa.[2] Akinwumi cites[3] this as the reason for which Krause's scientific reputation was undermined in Germany.
Works
- Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der fulischen Sprache in Afrika. In: Mitteilungen der Riebeckschen Nigerexpedition (1884),
- Proben der Sprache von Ghat in der Sahara (Leipzig, 1884).
- Die Musuksprache in Centralafrika. In: Veröffentlichungen der Wiener Akademie. Wien (1886),
- Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Klimas von Salaga, Togo und der Goldküste. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher (Halle/Saale), 93 (3) (1910), pp. 193–472.
Further reading
Notes and References
- Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 93, Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, Kommissionsverlag F. Steiner, 1966, p. 162.
- Web site: Museumkennis - Gottlob Krause - Een anti-koloniaal in Afrika . 2012-01-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041226150458/http://www.museumkennis.nl/lp.rmv/museumkennis/i000209.html . 2004-12-26.
- Book: Akinwumi
, Olayemi
. LIT Verlag Münster. 978-3-8258-6197-1. The colonial contest for the Nigerian region, 1884-1900: a history of the German participation. 2002.