This research paper is a postcolonial reading and retrospective interpretation of the colonial process and is dedicated to the question of whether health policy during the German occupation prioritised the colonial mission. It is based on the view that the European colonial project was aimed entirely at economic interests, alongside civilising missions and disease control. A memory function for the reappraisal of German health policy in colonial Africa should now provide a different interpretation of the colonial mission and its implications in the policies implemented in Africa today, i.e. a different view and interpretation of German colonialism. Such a comparative study is the main focus of this research project under German colonial rule, as the two countries (Togo and Cameroon) experienced almost the same socio-political and economic developments from the time of foreign occupation to independence.