My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader
I am not German, don&#x27;t even speak German but stories like this bring me admiration for the German culture. Every country in the world has a &quot;big shame&quot;, but I feel like only Germany faces their shame with dignity.<p>Belgium still keeps statues of King Leopold, Spain keeps statues of Cortez and Pisarro, Portugal of Vasco da Gama, the US is only now arguing about the statues for Confederate soldiers; Italy and France never did a real &quot;mea culpa&quot; on how they actually helped and collaborated with the Nazis, Brazil and most of Latin America keep ignoring the ongoing extermination of their natives, most Japanese try to avoid knowing what their country did in Manchuria during WWII, Turkey keeps denying the Armenian genocide, most African countries keep denying their active role in the slave trade ...<p>Germany has something to teach the world.