The 'Kamerun album' that kickstarted Colonial Neighbours. Credit: Colonial Neighbours.
"It started with an album, called the Kamerun album, it was given to him by the Grandmother of his wife, they found it in the attic."
Lynhan Balatbat works for Colonial Neighbours , a Berlin-based art project that collects objects and stories related to Germany's controversial colonial past. Lynhan is referring to the travel journal of a colonial soldier who was based in German Cameroon. Each photo from the journal provides an unsettling insight into the world that this soldier saw and took part in colonizing.
