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Western Togoland Rebellion
The Western Togoland Rebellion is a separatist revolt led by the Ewe nationalist organization Western Togoland Restoration Front (WTRF) against the government of Ghana. The group seeks the independence of former British Togoland under the leadership of the Ewe.
The Ewe make up most of the support for the independence movement and mainly inhabit the southern part of Western Togoland, especially around the cities of Ho, Kpandu, and Hohoe. Consequently, in the centre and northern areas of Western Togoland, where groups like the Dagbani, Akan and Guan dominate, support for independence is much more limited.
The independence movement can be traced back to the colonial era, with Ewe-dominated organizations such as the Togoland Congress campaigning for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland. More recently, groups such as the Homeland Study Group Foundation, a member of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, have advocated for Ewe-led Western Togoland independence. The WTRF is the first of these organizations to revolt against the Ghanaian government.
During World War I, the Allies conquered German Schutzgebiet Togoland and divided the country into British Togoland (Western Togoland) and French Togoland (Eastern Togoland). The British Togoland territory had been a League of Nations mandate, then a United Nations Trust Territory under British control.
In 1954, the British government informed the UN that it would be unable to administer the Trust Territory after 1957. In response, in December 1955, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution advising the British government to hold a plebiscite on the future of British Togoland.
On 9 May 1956, this plebiscite was held under UN supervision and gave two alternatives to the people: union with soon-to-be Ghana or continuation as a Trust Territory until neighbouring French Togoland had decided upon its future. The Ewe-based Togoland Congress campaigned against integration with Ghana and preferred amalgamation with French Togoland, with the aim of forming a single, Ewe-majority country. The eventual result was reported to be 58% in favour of integration, although in the southern part of the territory, where the Togoland Congress had campaigned vigorously, 55% of voters had voted for separation from Gold Coast and continued UN Trusteeship.
Despite concerns over the lawfulness of the referendum and questions about Britain's concerns for the peoples of southern Western Togoland and their will for independence, unification with Ghana as an administrative region became a reality and in 1956 British Togoland was incorporated into Ghana.
There have been several independence organisations in Western Togoland since the plebiscite including the Togoland Congress and National Liberation Movement of Western Togoland (also known as Tolimo), the latter of the two was declared illegal in the 1970s.
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Western Togoland Rebellion
The Western Togoland Rebellion is a separatist revolt led by the Ewe nationalist organization Western Togoland Restoration Front (WTRF) against the government of Ghana. The group seeks the independence of former British Togoland under the leadership of the Ewe.
The Ewe make up most of the support for the independence movement and mainly inhabit the southern part of Western Togoland, especially around the cities of Ho, Kpandu, and Hohoe. Consequently, in the centre and northern areas of Western Togoland, where groups like the Dagbani, Akan and Guan dominate, support for independence is much more limited.
The independence movement can be traced back to the colonial era, with Ewe-dominated organizations such as the Togoland Congress campaigning for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland. More recently, groups such as the Homeland Study Group Foundation, a member of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, have advocated for Ewe-led Western Togoland independence. The WTRF is the first of these organizations to revolt against the Ghanaian government.
During World War I, the Allies conquered German Schutzgebiet Togoland and divided the country into British Togoland (Western Togoland) and French Togoland (Eastern Togoland). The British Togoland territory had been a League of Nations mandate, then a United Nations Trust Territory under British control.
In 1954, the British government informed the UN that it would be unable to administer the Trust Territory after 1957. In response, in December 1955, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution advising the British government to hold a plebiscite on the future of British Togoland.
On 9 May 1956, this plebiscite was held under UN supervision and gave two alternatives to the people: union with soon-to-be Ghana or continuation as a Trust Territory until neighbouring French Togoland had decided upon its future. The Ewe-based Togoland Congress campaigned against integration with Ghana and preferred amalgamation with French Togoland, with the aim of forming a single, Ewe-majority country. The eventual result was reported to be 58% in favour of integration, although in the southern part of the territory, where the Togoland Congress had campaigned vigorously, 55% of voters had voted for separation from Gold Coast and continued UN Trusteeship.
Despite concerns over the lawfulness of the referendum and questions about Britain's concerns for the peoples of southern Western Togoland and their will for independence, unification with Ghana as an administrative region became a reality and in 1956 British Togoland was incorporated into Ghana.
There have been several independence organisations in Western Togoland since the plebiscite including the Togoland Congress and National Liberation Movement of Western Togoland (also known as Tolimo), the latter of the two was declared illegal in the 1970s.
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