Colonial History 3 articles
One Ewe World, New Borders: How Colonial Rule Divided Communities
Ewe-speaking communities live across southeastern Ghana, southern Togo and parts of Benin. Families, towns and cultural networks cross borders that now divide these countries. Those...
Atorkor’s Memorial: A Local Story of Captivity and the Atlantic Slave Trade
A quiet shore with a difficult past Atorkor is a coastal village in Anlo, between the Atlantic and the lagoon. The shoreline can appear calm,...
The Colony Called a Model: German Rule and the People Who Remade Togoland
A treaty signed under pressure German Togoland began not with an empty map but with political negotiations conducted under unequal pressure. In 1884, German agents...