Togo overlooks the Gulf of Guinea for a short distance. A varied country both geographically and culturally. From the ocean to the pre-Sahelian savannahs. With the name of Togoland, it was a colony first of Germany and then of France, from which it gained independence in 1960. In the Ewe language, “togo” roughly means “to go to the water”. At the village of Togo, the Germans negotiated with a local chief to gain control of the region, whom they baptized Togoland (“land of Togo”). Later, “Togo” became a common way of referring to the entire colony.
REPUBLIC OF TOGO Area: 56,785 kmPopulation: 8,608,444 (estimate July 2020)Life expectancy: about 66 yearsCapital: LomeBorders: to the west with Ghana, to the north with Burkina Faso to the east with Benin and to the south with the Atlantic Ocean. Ethnic groups: the main from north to south:...
Travel to Togo, in the ideal time for the country's festivals. Each population celebrates the cycles of life and seasons according to their own rituals. In particular: the Epe Ekpe Festival, in Glidji, which inaugurates the Mina year; the initiation rites in the Kabye mountains; harvest...
