EVENT INFORMATION

27
April
1960

Togo gains independence from French administration

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📅 27 April 1960 📍 Togo

Togo became independent after a period of French administration as a United Nations trust territory. Nationalist campaigning challenged outside authority and demanded sovereignty. The transfer of political control weakened the imperial order; the wider question of freedom included whether people could reshape inherited economic relations and exercise meaningful power within the new state.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Sylvanus Olympio

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Committee of Togolese Unity