Augustin Talakaena

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  Hiling, the whips‘day New

  A documentary directed by Augustin Talakaena.

  Since immemo­r­ial time, men try to live in har­mony. Pagouda tribe in north­ern Togo has set up a golden rule to ensure peace: No con­fronta­tion, no fights nor grudges over the year. « But if you can’t resolve ami­ca­bly a dis­pute, if you have to use vio­lence, there is only […]

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  Togo: anatomy of a succession

  A documentary directed by Augustin Talakaena.

  Pres­i­dent GNASSINGBE Eyadéma died on Feb­ru­ary 5, 2005 after rul­ing supreme for 38 years over his coun­try and being viewed as immor­tal. The streets emp­tied and the mar­kets closed when the news of his death was bro­ken. The army in favour of the rul­ing party took advan­tage of the absence […]

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