The togolese motto during Olympio's presidency was "Travail, Liberté, Patrie". It had been replaced for some time, during Eyadema's period by " Union, Paix, Solidarité.", but was quickly abandoned for the former by a decision of the Conférence Nationale Souveraine held in Lomé in 1991.
Your bio presented pretty accurately the timeline of the history of the country but missed out on the crucial national conference that resulted in agreements that would had restored a democratic state of the institutions to allow the share of power between both the opposition and the government. These agreements never came to fruition because of the dishonesty of the then-President Eyadema Gnassingbe who broke his promise and single-handedly changed the constitution drafted in 1990 to allow himself additional terms in power, ultimately placing his son, Faure Gnassingbe to power in 2005. Therefore, Togo has never known a democracy since the assassination of Sylvanus Olympio as stated in your narration. The fact is, when the son came to power since 2005 he tried to have a reconciliation with Gilchrsit Olympio, the son of Sylvanus Olympio which ended in personal agreements between the two men only.
Big misrepresentation: Antoine Meatchi has never been a member of the JUVENTO , a nationalist-indepentist party allied with Olympio's CUT party. Antoine Meatchi was the leader of an anti-independentist party created by France, called Union of the Chiefs and Populations of the North (UCPN), the only exclusively regionalistic-ethnic party in the country, to promote the inclusion of the former German colony into the French Dominion. The clash between JUVENTO and CUT was due to different reasons, among which was the pace of independence, which in the view of JUVENTO out to be more radical.
The togolese motto during Olympio's presidency was "Travail, Liberté, Patrie". It had been replaced for some time, during Eyadema's period by " Union, Paix, Solidarité.", but was quickly abandoned for the former by a decision of the Conférence Nationale Souveraine held in Lomé in 1991.
Brazilian bloood...proud to be.
Thanks for watching Jorge!
Sylvanus Olympio was a real Pan-Africanist to the core! May his spirit endures for ever amen !!!
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Your bio presented pretty accurately the timeline of the history of the country but missed out on the crucial national conference that resulted in agreements that would had restored a democratic state of the institutions to allow the share of power between both the opposition and the government. These agreements never came to fruition because of the dishonesty of the then-President Eyadema Gnassingbe who broke his promise and single-handedly changed the constitution drafted in 1990 to allow himself additional terms in power, ultimately placing his son, Faure Gnassingbe to power in 2005. Therefore, Togo has never known a democracy since the assassination of Sylvanus Olympio as stated in your narration. The fact is, when the son came to power since 2005 he tried to have a reconciliation with Gilchrsit Olympio, the son of Sylvanus Olympio which ended in personal agreements between the two men only.
A great man!
Interesting how connected West Africa was during colonial many folks studied in other countries away from their homes.
Big misrepresentation: Antoine Meatchi has never been a member of the JUVENTO , a nationalist-indepentist party allied with Olympio's CUT party. Antoine Meatchi was the leader of an anti-independentist party created by France, called Union of the Chiefs and Populations of the North (UCPN), the only exclusively regionalistic-ethnic party in the country, to promote the inclusion of the former German colony into the French Dominion. The clash between JUVENTO and CUT was due to different reasons, among which was the pace of independence, which in the view of JUVENTO out to be more radical.
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His grandfather 's name is Francisco Olympio SILVA
@Christiane Akakpo. Do you know the history of their family? As in the kids of Francisco Olympio Silva?
@@garproperties1001sylvanus was my great grandmothers cousin
Togo became independent from France on the 27th of April, 1960 not 1961. France was the Killer of President Olympic .
this man
Nice history but you didnt tell às who made kill him
He attended the Methodist Boys High School in Sierra Leone.
The jew Foccart killed Sylvanus
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