Resources
Pages
Books & Articles
Below is a list of books and articles about Togolese history.
Pre-Colonial Era
- Histoire de Petit-Popo et du royaume Guin : (1934) / Fio Agbanon … Agbanon II (1898-1973 ; roi de Glidji).
- Die Ewe-Stämme. Material zur Kunde des Ewe-Volkes in Deustch-Togo, Jakob Spieth
- An African Family Archive: The Lawsons of Little Popo/Aneho (Togo) 1841-1938, Edited by Adam Jones & Peter Sebald
Colonial Era
- Histoire des Togolais. Des origines aux années 1960 (Tome 4 : Le refus de l’ordre colonial), By Nicoué Lodjou Gayibor, Université de Lomé. Département d’histoire et d’archéologie · 2011
- Les Crimes Allemands en Afrique, Publication du Comité de l’Afrique française.
- Guide de la Colonisation au Togo, BnF
- The German Colonial Experience: Select Documents on German Rule in Africa, China, and the Pacific 1884-1914, Edited by Arthur J. Knoll & Herman J. Hiery
- A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland, Meg Gehrts
- Alabama In Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalisation of the New South, Andrew Zimmerman
Post Independence
Eyadema Era
- Le Togo sous Eyadema, Comi Toulabor
Contemporary
Civil Rights Organizations, the Black Press, and Ethnic Nationalist Movements in Africa, by Marius Kothor
“Is the Virus a Thief?” Togolese Women and State Violence in a time of COVID-19, by Marius Kothor
Films
A list of movies and documentaries about Togo.
| Year | Title | Director | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Kouami | Metonou Do Kokou | short film |
| 1976 | 10 ans de pouvoir du Président Éyadéma | Kilizou Abalo Blaise | short documentary |
| 1979 | Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti | Kodjo Goncalves | short documentary |
| 1986 | The Blooms of Banjeli | Carlyn Saltman | short documentary |
| 1988 | Bawina | Minza Bataba | short film |
| 1991 | Ashakara | Gérard Louvin | comedy, drama |
| 1992 | Gardien des Forces | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary |
| 1993 | Aziaba | Ayicoe-Ghan D’Almeida | documentary |
| 1993 | God Gave Her a Mercedes Benz | Katia Forbert Petersen | documentary |
| 1994 | Aneho raconte | Blanche Tchongolo | documentary |
| 1994 | Femmes aux yeux ouverts | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary |
| 1996 | Les Oubliées | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary |
| 1988 | Goro Vodou | Metonou Do Kokou | documentary |
| 1999 | Sarah Maldoror ou la Nostalgie de l’utopie | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary |
| 2002 | Le Dilemme D’Eya | Adjiké Assouma | short drama |