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Title:The politics of military rule in Togo
Author:Decalo, SamuelISNI
Year:1973
Periodical:Genève-Afrique: acta africana
Volume:12
Issue:2
Pages:62-96
Language:English
Geographic term:Togo
Subjects:military regimes
political conditions
Abstract:The most permanent and persistent feature of Togolese social, economic and political life has been its ethnic cleavages, in particular the north-south schism. The article describes the rise and fall of Olympio (under his leadership Togo attained independence), the politics of the former president Grunitzky, of president Eyadema and the role of the army since independence. Notes, tables, map.