An extraordinary account of a Togolese man's ten year odyssey to across Europe to reach the country of his dreams, Greenland. Kpomassie describes his adventures among the Inuit and their eternal snow with honesty and charm. First published in 1981. Introduced by A. Alvarez. Gloss, b/w photos, map, 300pp, USA. NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS. 0940322889

Essays considering various aspects of culture in Togo in French, German and ewe languages, and the varied subjects discussed up to the present. Views of the press, poetry, particular writers, German colonial literature, problems of diglossia, etc. In French, GERMANY. BAYREUTH A S, 3927510122PBK

1992 Paperback

Across three continents, from acultural prison in Africa to political imprisonment in [the USA],Fauziya Kassindja's personal story shines the light of braveryand honesty. 518pp, UK. BANTAM, 0553505637

A history of Togo examining the immense difficulties that exist as its faces up to problems of tradition and postcolonial conflict with a focus on the role of the chief mediating disputes. BNS, 336pp, FRANCE. KARTHALA, 2845860315

2000 Paperback

Study of Togo and African colonial history, which synthesizes political, gender, and social history by documenting the contributions of rural-dwelling populations in anti-colonial struggles. Anchoring his arguments on the premise that nationalist historiographies have overstated the role of urban and elite power while undervaluing the strategic place of rural constituencies, Lawrance uses the Ewe nationalist movement of southern Togo as a case study in what he terms periurban colonialism - a historical paradigm that reunites the urban and rural experiences of post-World War I colonialism. By reconciling the marginal and non-elite communities and the social upheavals of the two World War periods, he offers a new perspective on the colonial experience and the anti-colonial struggle. Index, bib, notes, 288pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER PRESS.

Having returned to Togo from his adopted home in Italy the narrator describes his country remembered and revisited, his experiences of cross cultural diversity and similarity, the challenges of assimilation and retention of cultural identity, and the struggle of the individual within these contexts. Translated from the Italian by Peter N. Pedroni. BNS, 112pp, USA. FARLEIGH DICKINSON UNIV PRESS.

The politico-constitutional crisis in Togo, occasioned by the sudden death of President Gnassingbe Eyadema in early February 2005, after he had ruled the country with an iron-fist for 38 years, and the interim succession of his son, Faure Gnassingbe, to the presidency, raised issues of democracy and good governance and provided an opportunity for African countries to test the effectiveness of the various democracy-related instruments. This essay examines the contradictions between the regional-international legal instruments that permit interference in the internal affairs of a Member State of ECOWAS and AU and the principles of international law that provide for sovereign equality of States and non-interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign State. 32pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE.