The interviewers were trying to trap him into admitting if he was leaning East, i.e, the Soviet Union. Post independence, Africa had men of high calibre. Then the soldiers came and dagbaru everything. Nkrumah, Zik, Balewa, Olympio, Lumumba, etc
Un homme intègre, intellectuel, polyglotte parlons éwé, yoruba, twi,allemand, anglais, français, Portugais, .........😢 Rest in peace. T'es idéaux ne sont pas morts avec toi . vaincrons ou mourrons mais dans la dignité.
Smart Man he was!! Well educated and knowledgeable Its time these Colonials leave Africa to Africans instead of all the interferences...rot in HELL EYADEMA. ...RIP Olympio...you are already in God's bossum is since they cruelly took you away
Fluent in English Ann's French, he was well positioned to lead the nascent republic of Togo and indeed, Africa. It's so disheartening that the military didn't let democracy strive and just wasted lives in silly coups.
Merci pour les infos et la vidéo bonne continuation il faudrait mettre sur cassette vidéo ou sur CD pour que chaque africain aie ça dans sa bibliothèque c est dommage que la France elimine tous nos ledears mais cela sera un jour suis du reste du monde🙏🙏👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Standing armies has been the bane of republican government. The Founders of America 🇺🇸 one this and Sylvanus Olympio of Togo 🇹🇬 knew this. Hence at independence, the country only had 250 soldiers and refused to expand it under pressure. Those soldiers shot him dead at the American embassy.
At 8:10 Max Lerner asks Olympio about Nkrumah's expansionism. What Lerner didn't know was that earlier that year, in May 1962, Olympio already had agreed upon a (somewhat secret) defense pact with France in case of an invasion by Ghana. Look at this smile of that guy when he spouts on about "cooperation of African States"! I love Olympio's swag...
Togo and the whole Africa will never forget you father Sylvanus Olympio because you're a Hero.
Togo actually had an Educated President...RIP Pepe,never got to meet him, but our family still remember him each year and they miss him
Greetings from Canada. Thank you for posting this.
Such an intellect! I love this whole interview💖
This man was ahead on his time
He actually did
He is the uncle of my mother 😳 i wish i could meet him before he died
The interviewers were trying to trap him into admitting if he was leaning East, i.e, the Soviet Union. Post independence, Africa had men of high calibre. Then the soldiers came and dagbaru everything. Nkrumah, Zik, Balewa, Olympio, Lumumba, etc
An exceptional polyglot,this man is a leader
Voila ce qu on appelle leader...! Surtt lui me rend fier d'etre Togolais...!
Trop d'avance sur son temps. Respect.
Fierté à ce temps il parle anglais parfait 👍🏾 France va Payer tout c’est Acte qui il a connus
He was too loaded, the former colonial masters saw his as a great treath, no wonder they killed him. May his soul RIP
Togolese very smart people
Hmmm such a great man
Please listen to the word's of wisdom of the late and independent President of Togo.
Very intelligent man,what a waste by a puppet of the french(eyadema)
He says what he thinks and think what he says
Un homme intègre, intellectuel, polyglotte parlons éwé, yoruba, twi,allemand, anglais, français, Portugais, .........😢 Rest in peace. T'es idéaux ne sont pas morts avec toi . vaincrons ou mourrons mais dans la dignité.
Is there a way to get a transcript for this video?
Got it. Want it?
I do! kokouvik@gmail.com. Thanks!
@@LongBonbon yo do you still have the transcript?
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Very intelligent man
Rest in peace Grandpa
are you related to him?
@@jesutomiolympio9956 he meant he is his ancestor...as any good black could think
Une question es que Eyadema parle anglais
My grandfather
Christiana Olympio are you related to him?
Smart Man he was!! Well educated and knowledgeable
Its time these Colonials leave Africa to Africans instead of all the interferences...rot in HELL EYADEMA. ...RIP Olympio...you are already in God's bossum is since they cruelly took you away
Fluent in English Ann's French, he was well positioned to lead the nascent republic of Togo and indeed, Africa. It's so disheartening that the military didn't let democracy strive and just wasted lives in silly coups.
Merci pour les infos et la vidéo bonne continuation il faudrait mettre sur cassette vidéo ou sur CD pour que chaque africain aie ça dans sa bibliothèque c est dommage que la France elimine tous nos ledears mais cela sera un jour suis du reste du monde🙏🙏👍👍❤️❤️❤️
No doubt, he was a highly intelligent man. I still doubt how he was easily assassinated. Over confident? I wish he was more cautious. FUCK!
Standing armies has been the bane of republican government. The Founders of America 🇺🇸 one this and Sylvanus Olympio of Togo 🇹🇬 knew this. Hence at independence, the country only had 250 soldiers and refused to expand it under pressure. Those soldiers shot him dead at the American embassy.
Togo really should be a part of Ghana and southern Ivory Coast too.
And west of Benin
What a great of Togo. Miss you grandpa
No way please do some home work about the Ewe people.
Thank you
if you hate indepence so much sure
Respect my president
At 8:10 Max Lerner asks Olympio about Nkrumah's expansionism. What Lerner didn't know was that earlier that year, in May 1962, Olympio already had agreed upon a (somewhat secret) defense pact with France in case of an invasion by Ghana. Look at this smile of that guy when he spouts on about "cooperation of African States"! I love Olympio's swag...
N'oublions pas qu'il parlait aussi l'Allemand ✊🏽
Parfait englais
Certains des dirigeants actuels n'ont même pas la moitié de son niveau🧠