What is the WESTERN TOGOLAND issue?

In September 2020, rebels supporting the creation of an independent state of Western Togoland blocked roads into the south east region of Volta in Ghana. More recently, a video has appeared claiming that a rebel force is ready to liberate Western Togoland. However, while the rebellion may be a new development, it actually has its roots in a problem that had seemingly been settled over 60 years ago. So, what exactly is the Western Togoland issue? And how seriously should we take this new uprising?

Hello and welcome! My name is James Ker-Lindsay. Thanks for joining me to take an informed look at International Relations with a particular focus on territorial conflicts, secession, independence movements and new countries.

In the late nineteenth century, France and Britain took control of West Africa. However, one small sliver of territory, Togoland, was held by Germany until it was invaded and divided up by France and Britain during the First World War. Following the Second World War, the future of what were now British and French Togoland came into question. But while French Togoland went on to become an independent country, Togo, in 1960, a rather different fate awaited British Togoland. Following a referendum, it would eventually be incorporated into the Gold Coast when it became independent as Ghana, in 1957. However, this union between Ghana and British Togoland was a source of bitterness for many members of the Ewe community. As the largest tribe in the region, they had wanted unification with the Ewe in French Togoland or the creation of a separate independent state - Eweland. However, as this video shows, while this is the broad historical backdrop to the Western Togoland issue, there are many other aspects to the rebellion and many questions that remain unanswered.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction and Titles
2:10 The History and Division of Togoland
4:20 British Togoland and Ghana's Path to Independence
6:50 Togo, Ghana and the Ewe
8:58 The Western Togoland Independence Rebellion
10:25 Unanswered Questions about the Western Togoland Uprising

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Togoland Division Britain and France
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Tribal Map of Ghana 1966
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