TOGO

FAMOUS TOGOLESE PEOPLE

• Emmanuel Adebayor
• Togolese soccer player who won
• Footballer of the year award in 2008
• Gad Ami
• Togolese writer who wrote a novel

DID YOU KNOW ?

• Women are rarely with their husbands in public
• A motorcycle without a sidecar is a common form of taxi

OFFICIAL NAME AND ANTHEM

• Togolese Republic
• Anthem was adopted in 1960
• and restored in 1991

COUNTRY DEVELOPEMENT

• GDP $1,100
• 48.28% per 1000 births infant mortality
• Life expectancy is 56 for men 59 for women

LAND AND CLIMATE

• Rain forests were chopped down
• Dusty wind is present during Jan-March

HISTORY

• Believed to be named after
• a waterside village called Togodo
• All of the gold mines created the country
• called Ghana

THEIR LANGUAGE

POPULATION

RELIGION

• 50% of the religion is animist
• The belief in voodoo is common
• They also believe strongly in the
• power of a curse

GENERAL ATTITUDES

• They are:
• Self reliant
• Friendly
• Conservative
• Generous

PERSONAL APPEARANCE

• Guys wear western style
• pants and shirts
• Girls wear blouses with
• wrap around cloths
• Your hairstyle can demote your status

MAP AND SHAPE OF TOGO

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GESTURES

• They often accompany verbal
• expressions
• Only men engage in public discussion
• It is impolite to use your left hand
• Adults don't interrupt each other

DATING AND MARRIAGE

• Polygamy is legal
• Polygamy is when you have
• More then one wife or husband
• It's hard for women to remarry
• Divorced women are discriminated

THE FLAG

DIET

• They generally eat:
• Maize
• Millet
• Yams
• Rice

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