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British Togoland
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The western part of Germany's former West African colony of Togo, mandated to Britain after World War I. Following a UN-supervised plebiscite in 1956, British Togoland was united with the Gold Coast to form the independent State of Ghana in 1957 (Kirchherr, 1987).
Broader terms
German Togoland
Ghana
Related terms
Togo
Subject category
01.02.03 AFRICAN HISTORICAL TERRITORIES
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