The Togoland Congress (TCP; was a political party formed in 1951 which had won three seats in the
Gold Coast elections of April 1954 and two seats in the
July 1956 elections, but did not survive for long afterwards. The Togoland Congress's goal was to campaign for the
unification of the
Ewe people
The Ewe people (; ee, Eʋeawó, lit. "Ewe people"; or ''Mono Kple Volta Tɔ́sisiwo Dome'', lit. "Ewe nation","Eʋenyigba" Eweland;) are a Gbe-speaking ethnic group. The largest population of Ewe people is in Ghana (6.0 million), and the second ...
in
British Togoland
British Togoland, officially the Mandate Territory of Togoland and later officially the Trust Territory of Togoland, was a territory in West Africa, under the administration of the United Kingdom, which subsequently entered into union with Ghan ...
and
French Togoland
French Togoland (French: '' Togo français'') was a French colonial empires, French colonial League of Nations mandate from 1916 to 1960 in French West Africa. In 1960 it became the independent Togolese Republic, and the present day nation of T ...
as a separate Ewe state; however the party yet again failed in the May 1956 UN plebiscite held in
British Togoland
British Togoland, officially the Mandate Territory of Togoland and later officially the Trust Territory of Togoland, was a territory in West Africa, under the administration of the United Kingdom, which subsequently entered into union with Ghan ...
, which had resulted in the unification of British Togoland and the
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
.
[Daniel Miles McFarland, ''Historical Dictionary of Ghana'', 1985, p. 173]
References
1951 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony)
British Togoland
Defunct political parties in Ghana
Political parties disestablished in 1956
Political parties established in 1951
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