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Togoland

[ toh-goh-land ]

noun

  1. a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.


Togoland

/ ˈ³Ùəʊɡəʊˌ±ôæ²Ô»å /

noun

  1. a former German protectorate in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea: divided in 1922 into the League of Nations mandates of British Togoland (west) and French Togoland (east); the former joined Ghana in 1957; the latter became independent as Togo in 1960
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In Africa, French and British troops invaded the German protectorate of Togoland, while German forces attacked the British colony of South Africa.

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However, one shadow hanging over the poll is the separatist groups that have intensified calls for independence from Ghana to form their own country - Western Togoland.

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Togoland was divided between France and Britain, the French part becoming modern-day Togo and the British part joining Ghana.

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For a short period, that region, was, with present day Togo, the German colony of Togoland.

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After the First World War, the area of Togoland was shared between the British and the French.

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