Western Togoland

Western Togoland is an area in the Republic of Ghana. The area of Western Togoland is divided into five regions: Volta, Oti, Northern region, North East region and Upper East Region.

Western Togoland[1]

Western Togoland (green) and Eastern Togo (purple)
StatusGhanaian Territory
CapitalTo be determined[1]
LargestHo

Western Togoland has been a member state of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) since 2017.

History

Germany established the Togoland protectorate in 1884. Under German administration, the protectorate was regarded as a model colony or Musterkolonie and experienced a golden age.[2] During the First World War in 1914, Britain and France invaded the protectorate. After the German defeat and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the western part of Togoland became a British mandate, British Togoland.

After the Second World War British Togoland became a United Nations Trust Territory that was under British administration.

In 1957 they voted in a plebiscite to became part of what is now Ghana.[3][4]

On May 9, 2017 the Homeland Study Group Foundation unsuccessfully tried to declare the independence of Western Togoland.

On Thursday May 9, 2019, the Ghana Police Service said the eight leaders of the Study Group Foundation arrested for seeking secession from Ghana planned to declare its independence.

On May 7, 2019, The national executive of the Volta separatist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Emmanuel Agbavor has rejected claims that the group had a militia.[5]

Demographics

About 4 million people live in Western Togoland. Languages of Western Togoland include German, Ewe, Dangme, Avatime, Tafi, Logba, French and many more. English is also spoken.

The main religions are Christianity, Islam, Afá, and Voodoo. Majority of the people in this region are Ewes.

References
  1. "The State of Western Togoland". Peoples' Liberation Council of Western Togoland. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. Zimmerman, Andrew (2012-05-27). Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15586-9.
  3. "UNPO: Western Togoland". unpo.org.
  4. "Ghana - THE COLONIAL ERA: BRITISH RULE OF THE GOLD COAST". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  5. "We have no militia - Western Togoland independence 'fighters'". Citi Newsroom. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
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