From Mossi Warrior Clan, with Dwayne Wong (Omowale) as the guest
The fight for freedom in Togo, on Mossi Warrior Clan
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On Mossi Warrior Clan’s channel, host Fuhuri interviews Dwayne Wong (Omowale) about Togo, then is joined partway through by Togolese activist Farida Nabourema. Dwayne explains that Togo’s dictatorship, in power since the 1960s under the Gnassingbé family, is the oldest military dictatorship in Africa, propped up by French and American military support. He covers the colonial split of Togo between France and Britain, the rivalry between Sylvanus Olympio and Kwame Nkrumah, and the chef canton system France used to control local leadership. He describes his book Faure Must Go and the open letter he wrote to President Faure, tracing his own ancestral ties to Togo.
Farida Nabourema discusses her book The Pressure of Oppression, written in French, and Togo’s internet censorship and spyware use, and US military aid to Togo’s army compared with far smaller aid to civil society. Both name Thomas Sankara, the Haitian Revolution, Malcolm X, and Walter Rodney as influences.
