In order to bypass the British colonial customs and their Heavy taxes, some native traders created Lomé in 1880, just outside the eastern border of the Gold Coast Colony. So, this town appeared from its very beginning as a major trade center, whose inhabitants owned privately their plots of land. Some years later, a disagreement between England and France about the town of Aneho prevented either of them to intervene effectively on the spot. But an unauthorised interference from the Gold Coast authorities in Lomé triggered an appeal from the natives to a newcomer : Germany, who established in this totaly unexpected way the « Protectorate » of Togo. In 1897, Lomé became the capital of the territory and took advantage, from 1904 onwards, of th...
By the decree of March 10th, 1893 which made Ivory Coast a colony in the hands of France, the coloni...
L’année 1884 est considérée comme le début de la colonisation allemande en Afrique. Des noms comme A...
The very first attempts at direct trade with Africa, which were made by private merchants, date back...
In order to bypass the British colonial customs and their Heavy taxes, some native traders created L...
C'est pour tourner les lourdes taxes douanières de l'administration coloniale anglaise que des comme...
Abstract History and urban society: The British years in Lome (1914-1920). — In Lome's rather specia...
Abstract History and urban society: The British years in Lome (1914-1920). — In Lome's rather specia...
After having been the seat of the residents of French Gold Coast, Grand-Bassam became the capital, i...
After having been the seat of the residents of French Gold Coast, Grand-Bassam became the capital, i...
Dans l'histoire sociale de Lomé (assez singulière, car dominée par la bourgeoisie commerçante qui av...
C. Wondj—Bingerville : Birth of a Capital (1899-1909). The decision of building the administrative c...
C. Wondj—Bingerville : Birth of a Capital (1899-1909). The decision of building the administrative c...
E. Reynolds — Progrès et déclin d'une classe commerçante en Gold Coast, 1830-1874. Les commerçants a...
E. Reynolds — Progrès et déclin d'une classe commerçante en Gold Coast, 1830-1874. Les commerçants a...
« Le Havre colonial » ? L’expression évoque en général le temps du commerce triangulaire. Paradoxale...
By the decree of March 10th, 1893 which made Ivory Coast a colony in the hands of France, the coloni...
L’année 1884 est considérée comme le début de la colonisation allemande en Afrique. Des noms comme A...
The very first attempts at direct trade with Africa, which were made by private merchants, date back...
In order to bypass the British colonial customs and their Heavy taxes, some native traders created L...
C'est pour tourner les lourdes taxes douanières de l'administration coloniale anglaise que des comme...
Abstract History and urban society: The British years in Lome (1914-1920). — In Lome's rather specia...
Abstract History and urban society: The British years in Lome (1914-1920). — In Lome's rather specia...
After having been the seat of the residents of French Gold Coast, Grand-Bassam became the capital, i...
After having been the seat of the residents of French Gold Coast, Grand-Bassam became the capital, i...
Dans l'histoire sociale de Lomé (assez singulière, car dominée par la bourgeoisie commerçante qui av...
C. Wondj—Bingerville : Birth of a Capital (1899-1909). The decision of building the administrative c...
C. Wondj—Bingerville : Birth of a Capital (1899-1909). The decision of building the administrative c...
E. Reynolds — Progrès et déclin d'une classe commerçante en Gold Coast, 1830-1874. Les commerçants a...
E. Reynolds — Progrès et déclin d'une classe commerçante en Gold Coast, 1830-1874. Les commerçants a...
« Le Havre colonial » ? L’expression évoque en général le temps du commerce triangulaire. Paradoxale...
By the decree of March 10th, 1893 which made Ivory Coast a colony in the hands of France, the coloni...
L’année 1884 est considérée comme le début de la colonisation allemande en Afrique. Des noms comme A...
The very first attempts at direct trade with Africa, which were made by private merchants, date back...