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Could Germanies African Colonies have been put on the fast track for independence in Versailles?
Say independence by 1929.

Except for Togo none of them was profitable and the Allies could have retained military control rights.

Maybe Wilson tries to win the black and left voters instead of the rednecks. South Africa could still get Südwest to keep them from crying murder.

But I guess the almost total lack of an educated native middle or upper class makes this unlikely.
Except if one moved for an goverment of the chiefs, with european advisors.
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