Games of La Francophonie: Togo won only one medal

The curtains fell on the 8th Games of Francophonie last Sunday in the Ivorian capital. On nearly fifty athletes and national artists, Togo won only one bronze medal.

It is a secret for no one. Togo is still trampling in international competitions. For the 8th Jeux de la Francophonie, the country of Faure Gnassingbé stood out strongly.

With nearly fifty athletes and artists, Togo has collected only one bronze medal in its basket. A medal obtained by TCHALIM Essohounamondom. Of the 53 participating countries, Togo ranks 32nd. Benin, the eastern neighbor, with 5 medals (1 Gold, 1 silver and 3 bronzes), is ranked 18th.

There is every reason to believe that the Togolese athletes and artists, who had gone completely unprepared, witnessed the competition as spectators.

This debacle of Togo at the 8th Games of La Francophonie proves, Once again, the extent to which the Togolese authorities place little value on cultural and sporting things. After all, it is to bring down the ears of taxpayers that "We went to learn".

Remember that France finished first of these games with 49 medals including 22 in Gold. The first sub-Saharan country, Senegal is ranked 3rd. The host country Côte d'Ivoire finished 6th overall.

Comments

Oruko Amutorunwa (Pre-Destined Names) In Yorubaland

Ibeji (Twins) In Yoruba land, one of the most important things done when a child is born is to give the child a name. This comes after the child’s ritual birth, massage of specific body parts and other rites as well. Names are given to the child by the father, mother, grandparents (paternal and maternal) and some close relatives also. But sometimes, the circumstance of a child’s birth will automatically give the child a name. This name is known as ‘orúko àmútọ̀runwá’ (pre-destined or generic name) in Yorubaland. The most common generic names (orúko àmútọ̀runwá) in Yoruba land are ‘Taiwo‘ and ‘Kehinde‘ (altogether known as Ìbejì) which are given to twins. The first born of the twins is called Táíwò, a shortened form of Tò-aiyé-wò (taste the world) while the last born of the t...

BATAMMARIBA (TAMBERMA) PEOPLE: AFRICA`S INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURALLY ADVANCED PEOPLE AND PENIS ELONGATION AND ENLARGEMENT SPECIALISTS

Batammariba (also known as Tamberma, Somba, Bataba, Batammaraba, Ditamari, Niend and Tamari) are agro-pastoralist Oti-Volta, Gur-speaking and indigenous architecturally advanced people living in the mountainous regions of two West African countries of Togo and Benin. Tamberma (Batammariba) women wearing their traditional antelope headdress, Togo. Yves Regaldi In Togo, they are residing in the northeastern Kara regions of Northern Togo with the Kabye (kabre) people,who are the second largest tribe in Togo. Tamberma (Batamariba) woman wearing antelope hedddress,Togo However, Batammariba are internationally famous than their neighbours, Kabye people, as a result of their indigenous architectural expertise. In Benin where they are known as Somba, they occupy the rugged Atakora m...

Togo now has its plan to combat land degradation

Land degradation is a reality in Togo. According to figures put forward by the Ministry of the Environment, each year 4.14% of the land (nationally) succumb to the phenomenon. And it is in response to the problem that the Government launched last March, the Program of definition of the national targets on neutrality in land degradation (PDC / NDT). On Thursday in Lomé, environmental experts validated a document that will serve as a blueprint for sustainable land management in Togo. This document, which estimates that 23,500 hectares of land are degraded each year in Togo between 2000 and 2010, has already identified national targets assessed on the basis of indicators such as land use, net productivity or carbon. According to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources, Sama Boundjouw, these targets and their measures to be validated will become guidelines for any actor involved in the fight against land degradation in Togo during the next twelve...

TOGOLESE NEWS IN NIGERIA

Search This Blog