British Togoland
Territory of British Togoland | |||||||||
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1916–1956 | |||||||||
U. N. Trust Territory | 13 December 1946 – 6 March 1957 | ||||||||
• Addition to the Gold Coast | 13 December 1956 | ||||||||
• Annexed to Her Majesty's dominions to form part of the Dominion of Ghana | 6 March 1957 | ||||||||
Currency | British West African pound | ||||||||
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Today part of | Ghana |
British Togoland, officially the Mandate Territory of Togoland and later officially the Trust Territory of Togoland, was a territory in
After the
In a letter dated 6 March 1957, the British government informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations that with effect from midnight 6 March 1957, under the terms of the Ghana Independence Act 1957, the territories that had comprised in the Gold Coast became the independent State of Ghana and that under the same Act, the union of the former Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration with the independent State of Ghana took place from the same time and date.[2][3]
British Togoland's capital was Ho, which now serves as the capital of Volta Region. The region includes much of the former mandate's territory.
United Nations trust territory
After
Togoland Congress
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
On 9 May 1956,
The Togoland Congress campaigned against integration. There was vocal opposition to the incorporation of Togoland from the Ewe people who voted against in British Togoland, as the Ewe wanted the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state (modern Togo).[5]
It was reported that the vote results was 42% against from the Ewe people (Togoland Congress), and 58% for integration.
See also
References
- ^ ‘Commonwealth and Colonial Law’ by Kenneth Roberts-Wray, London, Stevens, 1966. P. 789.
- ^ UN Publication entitled "The Future of the Togolands" Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ General Assembly, Eleventh Session, General Assembly resolution 1044 on "The future of Togoland under British administration"
- ^ Volta Region Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ McLaughlin (1994), "The Politics of the Independence Movements".
Further reading
- Bourret, Florence Mabel. Gold Coast: A survey of the Gold Coast and British Togoland, 1919–1946. (Stanford University Press, 1949). online
- Kurtas, Susan (9 October 2019). "Research Guides: UN Documentation: Trusteeship Council: Togoland under British administration". research.un.org. United Nations. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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