@@koblaocansey8009Let be sincere, K. Nkrumah was indeed a pan africanist but his intentions towards the Togoland was not in the context of Pan-Africanism rather imperialism; having known that Togoland was a colony on its own before it was divided.. Nkrumah's purposes towards the new independent Togo were supposed to be well-stated with suggestions through diplomacy which could have led to federal government.
@@koblaocansey8009Let's be sincere,K.Nkrumah was a indeed a pan africanist but his intentions towards the Togoland was not in the context of Pan-Africanism but rather imperialism.... Having known that Togoland was once a colony on its own before it was divided, K.Nkrumah's purposes towards the new independent Togo were supposed to be well-stated with suggestions through diplomacy which could have led to federal government.
Just wonder what's great about this interview. Upon hind sight was the Monrovia group right? No. Africa did not unite as was preached by Nkrumah and was greatly undermined by this Monrovia group lead by Nigeria. So we see Africa now, missing Nkrumah's ideas, but it's too late now.
Olympio was a great visionary who didn't sell his country to another like how British Cameroonian politicians sold their country to French Cameroon. Togolese should be proud of this man.
Olympio was born in Kpando in Ghana. In Ghana we have a lot prominent persons who are Togolese by decent like Francis Xavier Sosu esq Mp for Madina. I myself have such trait...❤
The problem of Africa is the separation of Ethnic groups into country contexts. We had Kingdoms and Empires as Family groups and have a hanging balance of looming doom with tribalism and exploitation with the country lines. I believe in United Africa, with strict respect to the sovereignty of Indigenous people contributing their strengths and complimenting each others weaknesses.
@@ChrisHilton-n6w Ghana and Ivory Coast are more suited to unite than Togo. Ghana has cooperated and assisted Togo since Olympio era but they have never been on the same page with us. The Ivorians on the other hand have shown their willingness to partner with Ghana on numerous bilateral projects in Agric, Security, Borders agreements, Trade and other areas. That is where things start, if you are able to work well together in these and other areas borders become irrelevant.
Ghana 🇬🇭 and Togo 🇹🇬 share the same cultural identity. Togo under Sylvanus Olympio wouldn’t been better place than it is now he had a dream and great vision for Togo
S. Olympio is actually a Ghanaian through his dressing and also some Ghanaians 🇬🇭 who are Akans from Denkyira Kingdom are in the Northern side of Togo by name Sansane Mango, Chanaka, konkombu.. the same people are in Cote d'lvoire and Benin
Ghanaian and togolese dressing are the same.Arbitrary colonial borders divided us. Otherwise, we are the same people. Thank you for your contribution. Like share and subscribe 🙏
You see some Ghanaian still no have sense, how u can say That Togo president dress like Ghanaian , Togo traditional style is long time dressed between Togo 🇹🇬 and Ghana ok
@@michaeltekpor u are a fool this is Akan dressing and it’s a fact that Akans migrated to parts of Ivory Coast and Togo it’s u and ur mother that don’t have sense Akans fled to Ivory Coast due to civil war and the same in Togo during times of war
@@emmanuelcharlesbonney6963 His son, Gilchrist Olympio, lived here until recently. Some of them are still here, enjoying the proverbial Ghanaian hospitality! Cut your nose to spite your face!
@@emmanuelcharlesbonney6963 How possible someone who was killed could seek refuge in Ghana? If only his family yes, nd what is wrong with that?Even Guinnea is far frm Ghana but prez Nkurmah was welcome there as Hero and Co president....Olympio was the smartest president during that era that's why they killed him cowardly .
@ no mysteries here … human migration is a fact of life with pressure on resources the population or group with “confidence” move in to rebuild somewhere else … no secret the Ewe n Ga migrated lately from western Nigeria and the Akans I suspect with pressure from the Arab slavers migrated from the north western part of Africa present day Mauritania n Mali
Nkrumah simply was fighting for the unity and total liberation of the African continent! Ironically many Togolese people stay in Ghana currently and many Ghanaians stay in Togo as well with great train networks, roads these two countries will become one any way and the same can be said about Ivory Coast, burkina, Nigeria, Guinea etc
I think Sylvanus Olympio was a good ally to Nkrumah. They didn’t want that therefore had him removed. He was somewhat Nkrumah’s mole in the so called Monrovia group.
S. Olympio was actually facing the unfortunate drama orchestrated by the colonial masters on the said Togoland territory just to satisfy their will to deal with Germany... Psychologically , his speech revealed that he wanted to maintain the intergrity of Togoland as it used to be,not divided; while in the other hand K.Nkruma wanted to incorporate the remaining part of Togoland wich according to the interview, it's a thread. Now the challenge before S.Olympio was how could he surrender the whole Togo to Ghana as the 7th region after many years of trials and battle for independence.
you're right. Nkrumah organized a rigged election in 1956 in the Volta region where they burned houses to intimade , and proclaimed that Ewe wanted to join Ghana; just before ghana's independence.
@@gussabbey3419It was a very big trick successfully played on the intelligence of the voltarians unlikely the Eastern Togoland people who didn't surrender to Dahomey.
@@gussabbey3419Such a very big trick played on the intelligence of the voltarians unlikely the Eastern Togoland which did not surrender to Dahomey despite several attempts.
Olympio was no French puppet. He is a mind of his own and so was hated and assassinated by the French commandant Georges Matreit in collaboration with Uncle Sam inside the U.S embassy in Lomé.
Up to date some towns and villages behind the border of Ghana is considered Ghanaian land on paper but are denied everything Ghanaian. Togo says is Ghanaian and Ghana says is Togoland. The division is only left to las this long because of the division of our Chiefs as Eweland.
Instead of just assuming you know the truth, why don't you provide verifiable arguments. We are not here to argue against history. Everything said here is verifiable. And, This is only Part 1
Apparently, lumping various ethnic groups and sabotaging the minority is a plausible cause? The Ewe people both in Togo and Ghana have been fighting to come together as one state. If the so purported reason for the denial is that EWE have nothing to offer, then why still keep them? How many years has it been now? Sadly the treaties mean no one can touch Eweland minerals and the 60 years has elapse. It definitely wont be fair for other regions to use their resources to develop our land. So why are they still keeping us divided unable to develop our lands?
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@@Greatma9 We, Ewes don't forget what N'Kruma had done to our grandfathers so far to our population. The time will come & I hope it's come to reveal how Dr. Kwame N'Kruma massacerd our people in Kpando & Ho, etc.
Viv le President Sylvanus Olympic. One of the Great man and blessings of Africa
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He sure was and remains a great man too bad the two couldn’t work together
@@asaasare220
Nkrumah was overly ambitious with his Pan-Africanism
@@koblaocansey8009Let be sincere, K. Nkrumah was indeed a pan africanist but his intentions towards the Togoland was not in the context of Pan-Africanism rather imperialism; having known that Togoland was a colony on its own before it was divided.. Nkrumah's purposes towards the new independent Togo were supposed to be well-stated with suggestions through diplomacy which could have led to federal government.
@@koblaocansey8009Let's be sincere,K.Nkrumah was a indeed a pan africanist but his intentions towards the Togoland was not in the context of Pan-Africanism but rather imperialism.... Having known that Togoland was once a colony on its own before it was divided, K.Nkrumah's purposes towards the new independent Togo were supposed to be well-stated with suggestions through diplomacy which could have led to federal government.
Just wonder what's great about this interview. Upon hind sight was the Monrovia group right? No. Africa did not unite as was preached by Nkrumah and was greatly undermined by this Monrovia group lead by Nigeria. So we see Africa now, missing Nkrumah's ideas, but it's too late now.
Olympio was a great visionary who didn't sell his country to another like how British Cameroonian politicians sold their country to French Cameroon. Togolese should be proud of this man.
Olympio was born in Kpando in Ghana. In Ghana we have a lot prominent persons who are Togolese by decent like Francis Xavier Sosu esq Mp for Madina. I myself have such trait...❤
The problem of Africa is the separation of Ethnic groups into country contexts. We had Kingdoms and Empires as Family groups and have a hanging balance of looming doom with tribalism and exploitation with the country lines. I believe in United Africa, with strict respect to the sovereignty of Indigenous people contributing their strengths and complimenting each others weaknesses.
God will always bless you where you are. Our great president.
I wish Ghana and Togo unite😢
@@ChrisHilton-n6w Ghana and Ivory Coast are more suited to unite than Togo. Ghana has cooperated and assisted Togo since Olympio era but they have never been on the same page with us. The Ivorians on the other hand have shown their willingness to partner with Ghana on numerous bilateral projects in Agric, Security, Borders agreements, Trade and other areas. That is where things start, if you are able to work well together in these and other areas borders become irrelevant.
@@ChrisHilton-n6w thank God you were disappointed 😂.
Ghana 🇬🇭 and Togo 🇹🇬 share the same cultural identity. Togo under Sylvanus Olympio wouldn’t been better place than it is now he had a dream and great vision for Togo
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S. Olympio is actually a Ghanaian through his dressing and also some Ghanaians 🇬🇭 who are Akans from Denkyira Kingdom are in the Northern side of Togo by name Sansane Mango, Chanaka, konkombu.. the same people are in Cote d'lvoire and Benin
Ghanaian and togolese dressing are the same.Arbitrary colonial borders divided us. Otherwise, we are the same people. Thank you for your contribution. Like share and subscribe 🙏
You see some Ghanaian still no have sense, how u can say That Togo president dress like Ghanaian , Togo traditional style is long time dressed between Togo 🇹🇬 and Ghana ok
@@michaeltekpor u are a fool this is Akan dressing and it’s a fact that Akans migrated to parts of Ivory Coast and Togo it’s u and ur mother that don’t have sense Akans fled to Ivory Coast due to civil war and the same in Togo during times of war
@@michaeltekpor Just educate the person and stop abusive write up.
@Rhitchie1 it's rather Kwame Nkrumah an Akan who dressed like Evwhe people. The rest of Akan people do not wear jumper with their cloth.
The sad news is that, when Olympio was overthrown just like Nkrumah, he and his family came to seek refuge in Ghana. What a shame!!
@@emmanuelcharlesbonney6963 His son, Gilchrist Olympio, lived here until recently. Some of them are still here, enjoying the proverbial Ghanaian hospitality! Cut your nose to spite your face!
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@@emmanuelcharlesbonney6963 How possible someone who was killed could seek refuge in Ghana? If only his family yes, nd what is wrong with that?Even Guinnea is far frm Ghana but prez Nkurmah was welcome there as Hero and Co president....Olympio was the smartest president during that era that's why they killed him cowardly .
Here, prez. Olympio was more intelligent than the then French president which was their nightmare 😂
Olimpiio was assassinated in Lome for refusing to accept the CFA as their currency.
My country my blood 🙏
Hmmmm so èwe people are really Togoless people , ❤❤❤ we togoless know that togo and Ghana are same country ❤❤
We all came from somewhere the Akans were really Mali Senegalese at some point
YES we are all the same, every tribe came from somewhere to settle in the west Africa region and that is a mystery
@ no mysteries here … human migration is a fact of life with pressure on resources the population or group with “confidence” move in to rebuild somewhere else … no secret the Ewe n Ga migrated lately from western Nigeria and the Akans I suspect with pressure from the Arab slavers migrated from the north western part of Africa present day Mauritania n Mali
@@asaasare220 but no one knows when the first migration started
@@ChrisHilton-n6w fist migrating just like the date when humans first set foot on the earth
Nkrumah simply was fighting for the unity and total liberation of the African continent! Ironically many Togolese people stay in Ghana currently and many Ghanaians stay in Togo as well with great train networks, roads these two countries will become one any way and the same can be said about Ivory Coast, burkina, Nigeria, Guinea etc
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How Togolese hope has been dashed...
Mon président bien aimée.
I think Sylvanus Olympio was a good ally to Nkrumah. They didn’t want that therefore had him removed. He was somewhat Nkrumah’s mole in the so called Monrovia group.
A well travelled 🧳 person with wide experience know many things and talks sense
S. Olympio was actually facing the unfortunate drama orchestrated by the colonial masters on the said Togoland territory just to satisfy their will to deal with Germany... Psychologically , his speech revealed that he wanted to maintain the intergrity of Togoland as it used to be,not divided; while in the other hand K.Nkruma wanted to incorporate the remaining part of Togoland wich according to the interview, it's a thread.
Now the challenge before
S.Olympio was how could he surrender the whole Togo to Ghana as the 7th region after many years of trials and battle for independence.
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you're right. Nkrumah organized a rigged election in 1956 in the Volta region where they burned houses to intimade , and proclaimed that Ewe wanted to join Ghana; just before ghana's independence.
@@gussabbey3419It was a very big trick successfully played on the intelligence of the voltarians unlikely the Eastern Togoland people who didn't surrender to Dahomey.
@@gussabbey3419Such a very big trick played on the intelligence of the voltarians unlikely the Eastern Togoland which did not surrender to Dahomey despite several attempts.
The election wasn't rigged. Apart from the Ewes, all other groups voted in favour of Ghana. I'm from the Oti region. @gussabbey3419
Olympio was no French puppet. He is a mind of his own and so was hated and assassinated by the French commandant Georges Matreit in collaboration with Uncle Sam inside the U.S embassy in Lomé.
Up to date some towns and villages behind the border of Ghana is considered Ghanaian land on paper but are denied everything Ghanaian. Togo says is Ghanaian and Ghana says is Togoland. The division is only left to las this long because of the division of our Chiefs as Eweland.
@@Vo_Dukor No the problem is the actual politics system in Togo.
Nkrumah wanted to control Olympio not realizing that Olympio was well educated like he Nkrumah.
Volta =Ghana +Togo
The Eweland
Revisionist nonsense.
Based on what? We talk facts, not fiction. You are most welcome if you can back your comment with proven facts
Stop telling us liyer.
He wanted to divise Togo. And this is very bad, what ever you said.
Instead of just assuming you know the truth, why don't you provide verifiable arguments. We are not here to argue against history. Everything said here is verifiable. And, This is only Part 1
Apparently, lumping various ethnic groups and sabotaging the minority is a plausible cause? The Ewe people both in Togo and Ghana have been fighting to come together as one state. If the so purported reason for the denial is that EWE have nothing to offer, then why still keep them? How many years has it been now? Sadly the treaties mean no one can touch Eweland minerals and the 60 years has elapse. It definitely wont be fair for other regions to use their resources to develop our land. So why are they still keeping us divided unable to develop our lands?
Nkrumah was not wise in its relationships with Togo but he was not the one who ordered SE Olympio's killing. It was France.
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What made Olympio great leader. Olympic was a French puppets so you guys should stop praising puppets.
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@@Greatma9 We, Ewes don't forget what N'Kruma had done to our grandfathers so far to our population. The time will come & I hope it's come to reveal how Dr. Kwame N'Kruma massacerd our people in Kpando & Ho, etc.
@@Greatma9 What you're missing out here is that you forgot that he led his people to independence.
@@Greatma9 a french puppet?
What makes you think that?
@@kingdav5794 Was he speaking French in the interview?
Who assassinated him? The answers to these two questions will clear your doubt.