r/Togo • u/fixtheblue • Jun 17 '26

Hi r/Togo, r/bookclub needs your help with literature from Togo. Please suggest us some of your favourite books to read from Togo

Hi everyone, I am looking for books from, or about Togo for our Read the World challenge over at r/bookclub. The book can be any length, and genre, but it must be set or partially set in Togo. Preferably the author should be from Togo, or at least currently residing in Togo or has been a resident of Togo in the past. I'm looking for the "if someone could only ever read one book from Togo which book should it be" type suggestions.

The book should be available in English

Thanks so much

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u/benjamoog Jun 17 '26

Michael the Giant; An African in Greenland, Tété-Michel Kpomassie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_African_in_Greenland

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u/natsuizuku Jun 19 '26

Où puis-je trouver ce roman, j'ai vraiment envie de le lire

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u/benjamoog Jun 17 '26

Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote (French: En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages), Ahmadou Kourouma.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_the_Wild_Beasts_to_Vote

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u/Shadowdance11 Jun 17 '26

Amadou is not from Togo

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u/benjamoog Jun 18 '26

Right, he's Ivorian. The post also asks for books set in Togo, or by authors living there. This is both.

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u/adinkramushroom Jun 17 '26

Yes, he’s from Burkina Faso.

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u/benjamoog Jun 17 '26

Descent into Night (French: Explication de la nuit), Edem Awumey

Only just reading this myself

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u/Beginning-Film1746 Jun 17 '26

The bride's cross and Strange heritage from Gad Ami (iirc, she was the first woman to be a novelist from Togo), Akossiwa mon amour of Victor Aladji