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The contemplation of becoming a Backpacking Martyr

June 3rd 2011
On top of a plateau my moto-taxi driver and I just finished arguing in different languages about a mis communication on price. We stop to ask a lady walking by (with a bundle of branches resting on her head) where the chief’s house is. She points to a series of thatched huts on top of the plateau. But in this part of Northern Togo a site of an occupied village on the plateau was rare. In fact it ... read more
Africa » Togo

Togolese Flag French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, continued to rule well into the 21st century. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government continued to be ... ... read more
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