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To Govern, Unite: Diverse Cultures Jostle in Democratic Togo |
| Section: CULTURE / CROSSROADS |
| Author: Robert Selle |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2004 |
| Size: 2,471 Words, 15,603 Characters |
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With women dressed in robes of vivid, patterned blues, reds, yellows, and purples, the lines looked like sinuous vines laden with dazzling flowers. They seemed to symbolize the blossoming of democracy in Togo, which has been in slow progress for the last twelve years under the reluctant stewardship of 66-year-old President Gnassingbé Eyadema (pronounced ay-YOD-uh-muh). He started his rule of the tiny West African country in 1967, making him the longest-serving leader on the continent, surpassing Gabon's Omar Bongo by ten months.
Togo, on the so-called Slave Coast of Africa between Benin and Ghana, is a nation of 5.3 million people with an area of 21,000 square miles, only half the size of Pennsylvania. The narrow strip of a country, which is home to some thirty-seven ethnic groups, exte...
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...overnment--are fervently hoping that American leaders in Washington and European leaders in Brussels will take note of the democratic progress they have made and lift the debilitating economic sanctions. If this happens, many observers foresee a golden era in Togo in which the country could even become a model for Africa and the world of ethnic harmony, democratic depth, and economic strength.
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