Angèle Aguigah

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Angèle Aguigah
Born
Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah

(1955-12-04) 4 December 1955 (age 68)
NationalityTogolese
Occupation(s)Archaeologist; Government Minister
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Lomé

Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah (born 4 December 1955) is a Togolese archaeologist and politician. She was the first female archaeologist from Togo, and in 2017 she was given the honor of “Human Living Treasure of Togo“.[1]

Biography

Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah was born on 4 December 1955 in

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.[1][2]

Career

In addition to a successful career in archaeology, Aguigah has also held high political offices in the Government of Togo.[3]

Archaeology

Aguigah is head of the Archaeological Programme of Togo and is a senior lecturer at the University of Lomé and University of Kara.[1] She is an international consultant on cultural heritage and has lectured widely.[1] She researched traditional floor coverings in Togo.[4] This research concentrated on a survey of potsherd floorings at Tado.[5] This research also demonstrated that archaeo-metallurgical activities had taken place there since the eleventh century.[5]

She has directed archaeological excavations at

Mamproug.[1]

Politics

Taberma house in Koutammakou, Togo

Aguigah's experience in archaeology and heritage meant that work in government became a second phase of her career. From 2000 to 2003 she was Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister's Office in charge of Private Sector of Togo.[1] From 2003 she was Minister of Culture of Togo.[8] During her ministry the Cultural Landscape of Koutammakou was registered as a World Heritage Site and a programme of public engagement.[1] She also encouraged a decentralisation of cultural industries in Togo, in order to create more regional opportunities.[1]

In 2012, Aguigah became director of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) in Benin.[9][10] Her time at CENI was not without controversy: she announced that elections could be ready in May 2013, ahead of the government's expected date of October, which caused opposition from the government.[11] She had previously been an RTP candidate in the 2007 legislative elections.[12] She has been outspoken about the need for internal and external investment on the archaeological heritage of Togo.[13]

Publications

  • Le site de Notsé : problématique de son importance historique des premiers résultats archéologiques, 1981
  • Le site de Notsé : contribution à l'archéologie du Togo, 1986
  • Les problèmes de conservation des pavements en tessons de poterie du Togo, 1993
  • Pavements et terres damées dans les régions du Golfe du Bénin : enquête archéologique et historique, 1995
  • Approche ethnoarchéologique survivances d'unetechnique ancienne d'aménagement du sol chez les Kabiye au Nord Togo, 2002
  • L'archeologie a la recherche du royaume de Notse, 2004
  • Archéologie et architecture traditionnelle en Afrique de l'Ouest : le cas des revêtements de sols au Togo : une étude comparée, 2018

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4419-0426-3
    , retrieved 10 June 2020
  2. ^ a b Aguigah, Angèle (1 January 1995). Pavements et terres damées dans les régions du Golfe du Bénin : enquête archéologique et historique (thesis thesis). Paris 1.
  3. ^ "Bonsoir, Afrique". french.china.org.cn. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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  8. OCLC 1084379181
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  9. ^ admin2712 (13 November 2012). "Prochaines Législatives: Mme Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah prend la tête de la CENI". La Premiere Agence de Presse Privee Au Togo (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ TogoPortail, Par Admin (13 November 2012). "Préparation en grande pompe des élections législatives : Mme Angèle Dola Akofa AGUIGAH élue présidente de la CENI ce lundi". Togoportail (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Togo : l'opposition conteste la tenue des législatives en juillet – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 16 May 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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  13. ^ "Au Togo, trois archéologues - pour l'ensemble du pays -". L'Orient-Le Jour. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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