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Britain and the British Empire, France, Belgium, and Japan were granted mandates to administer various territories in Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific. The former German protectorate of Togoland (present-day Togo and part of Ghana) was divided between Britain and France. Shown here is the League of Nations mandate to France for Togoland.
The history of Togo can be traced to archaeological finds which indicate that ancient local tribes were able to produce pottery and process tin. During the period from the 11th century to the 16th century, the Ewé, the Mina, the Gun, and various other tribes entered the region. Most of them settled in coastal areas.
On 10 September 1956, Nicolas Grunitzky became prime minister of the Autonomous Republic of Togo. The situation escalated further on 21 June 1957, when the local population of the Pya-Hodo, Kozah , took advantage of the visit of the United Nations mission, to express its frustration with the French colonial administration.
Embassy of Togo in Paris. In 2017, trade between France and Togo totaled €305 million Euros. [9] France's main exports to Togo include: food and drink, medicine, fertilizers, perfumes, vehicles and hi-tech products. Togo's main exports to France include: refined petroleum, engine parts and soybeans. [10] [9]
Togoland (bordered in red), 1905. French Togoland (pale purple) and British Togoland (pale green).This article lists the colonial governors of Togo.It encompasses the period when the country was under colonial rule of the German Empire (as Togoland), military occupation of the territory by the Allies of World War I (during the Togoland campaign of the African theatre), as well as the period ...
A referendum on autonomy was held in French Togoland on 28 October 1956. Since World War I, the territory had been a League of Nations mandate and then a United Nations Trust Territory under French control.
Togoland, officially the Togoland Protectorate (German: Schutzgebiet Togo; French: Protectorat du Togo), was a protectorate of the German Empire in West Africa from 1884 to 1914, encompassing what is now the nation of Togo and most of what is now the Volta Region of Ghana, approximately 90,400 km 2 (29,867 sq mi) in size.
The population took advantage of the visit of the United Nations mission, led by Charles T. O. King, Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations, to express its frustration with the French colonial administration in Togo which was imposed on the country.