OLYMPIO, SYLVANUS

sĭlvänˈəs ōlĭmpēˈə, 1902–63, African political leader, president of Togo from 1961 to 1963. He was active in trade before entering politics and helped bring about Togo's independence from France. Before Togo became a republic in 1960, he was premier and minister of finance and justice. He was assassinated in a coup in 1963 by a group of ex-soldiers.

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books on: Olympio Sylvanus  - 55 results

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Political Africa: A Who's Who of Personalities and Parties
Book by Ronald Segal, Catherine Hoskyns, Rosalynde Ainslie; Frederick A. Praeger, 1961
Subjects: Africa--Biography, Political Parties--Africa
...Savie; Freitas, Paulin; Grunitzky, Nicholas; Olympio, Sylvanus; Santos, Anani. Comite de LUnite Togolaise C.U...T.P . The C.U.T., and in particular Sylvanus Olympio * , by then President of the Assembly, campaigned on...
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African Democratization and Military Coups
Book by Chuka Onwumechili; Praeger, 1998
Subjects: Civil-Military Relations--Africa, Coups D'Aetat--Africa, Democracy--Africa, Democratization--Africa
...Odartey-Wellington, General, 47 Ojukwu, Emeka, 49 Okello, Tito, 54 Olara-Okello, Basilio, 54 Olympio, Gilchrist, 53 Olympio, Sylvanus, 42, 53, 88 Orkar, Gideon, 41, 83 Osei Akoto, Asantehene, 7 Osei Bonsu, Asantehene, 7 Osei...
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Political Reform in Francophone Africa
Book by John F. Clark, David E. Gardinier; Westview Press, 1997
Subjects: Africa, French-Speaking--Politics And Government, Africa, West--Politics And Government--1960-
...Obamba, 147 Obame Nguema, Paulin, 157 Obote, Milton, 293 Occidental Petroleum Company Oxy , 77 - 78 Olympio, Gilchrist, 234 Olympio, Sylvanus, 239 - 240 Omnes, Yvon, 168 Operation Epervier, 284 n26 Orungu, 152 Ottou, Hygin, 175 Ouedraogo...
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Pan-Africanism: The Idea and Movement, 1776-1991
Book by P. Olisanwuche Esedebe; Howard University Press, 1994
Subjects: Blacks--Race Identity--History, Nationalism--Africa--History, Organization Of African Unity, Pan-Africanism--History
...69 Arab North Africa, 229 -31 assassination of Olympio, 192 -94 Committee of African Organizations, 160...Colonel, 212 Olaribigde, Ojo, 67 Olivier, Sidney, 73 Olympio, Sylvanus E., 183 -84, 192 , 194 Onu, Peter U., 199 OPEC...
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Environment and Policies in West Africa
Book by R. J. Harrison Church, George W. Hoffman, G. Etzel Pearcy; Van Nostrand, 1963
Subjects: Africa, West, Africa, West--Economic Conditions
...regulations, are canalized to French markets. It is not an easy problem to ____________________ 6 Olympio Sylvanus, "Togo desires close friendship with Germany" Germany: The Magazine of the Federal Republic Neuss Rhine , Vol...
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journal articles on: Olympio Sylvanus  - 4 results

 
 
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Competing Regionalisms in Africa and the Continent's Emerging Security Architecture
Journal article by Benedikt F. Franke; African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 9, 2007
Subjects: Africa--Military aspects, Africa--Political aspects, National security--Analysis, National security--Military aspects, Regionalism--Analysis, United Nations--Services
...even small bits of power. As Sylvanus Olympio, Togos first leader, noted...Peacekeeping Best Practices. Olympio, S. 1961. Reflections on...Ole 2003: 222-223. 56 Olympio, Sylvanus, Reflections on Togolese and...
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Locality, Mobility, and "Nation": Periurban Colonialism in Togo's Eweland, 1900-1960
Journal article by Peter Buhler; The Historian, Vol. 71, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Locality, Mobility, and "Nation": Periurban Colonialism in Togo's Eweland, 1900-1960 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...tracing the evolution of an independence movement culminating in the birth of the Republic of Togo in 1960 after Sylvanus Olympio, its first president, led decolonization efforts. But it is far more than that. It is a deeply nuanced interdisciplinary...
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Overcoming Conflicts in Africa: Impact on World Peace
Journal article by Salim Ahmed Salim; The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online), Vol. 2, 2008
...and tribulations of Africa as faced by the demon of conflict. A couple of years after Lumumbas murder President Sylvanus Olympio of Togo was assassinated and his Government toppled. What followed was more or less a reassertion of a culture of...
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Facing an "Emotional Crunch": State Visits as Political Performances during the Cold War
Journal article by Simone Derix; German Politics and Society, Vol. 25, 2007
Subjects: Cold War, 1945-1991, Political history, Visits of state--Analysis
...city from the autumn of 1958 to the spring of 1961. The first guest following this intermission, Togos president Sylvanus Olympio, was also the last visitor prior to the construction of the Wall. His trip did not include the citys eastern sector...


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magazine articles on: Olympio Sylvanus  - 4 results

 
 
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Togo Looks towards the Future: President Faure Gnassingbe, Son of Togo's Former Strongman Gnassingbe Eyadema, Has Been Making Strides to Completely Break Away from His Father's Era. Though He Has Received the Approval of Some Leading Opposition Figures, Others Are Not Impressed. but He Is Soldiering on Nonetheless. Clair MacDougall Reports
Magazine article by Clair Macdougall; New African, April 2011
Subjects: Contested elections, Gnassingbe, Faure--Family, Gnassingbe, Faure--Political activity, Olympio, Gilchrist--Family, Olympio, Gilchrist--Political activity, Political reform, Togo--Economic aspects, Togo--Political aspects
...Liberation Day, the day the nations first president, Sylvanus Olympio, was overthrown in 1963, President Faure Gnassingbe...Instead he attended a commemoration service in Lome for Sylvanus Olympio alongside UFC party members. Sylvanuss son, Gilchrist...
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A Visit Too Soon?
Magazine article by Ebow Godwin; New African, March 2001
Subjects: Ghana, Ghanaian foreign relations--Togo, Kufuor, John Agyekum--International relations, Togo, Togolese foreign relations--Ghana, Visits of state--Political aspects
...toppled the elected president, Sylvanus Olympio. But opposition groups in Lome...the Supreme Court. Gilchrist Olympio, leader of the Togolese opposition...visit. Gilchrist is the son of Sylvanus Olympio who was killed during Eyademas...
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Letters
Magazine article; New African, September 2002
...him, calling him names. They had orchestrated the untold suffering and death of Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah, Sylvanus Olympio, Patrice Lumumba, Samora Machel and others. And now they are trying by all means necessary to stifle the lone...
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Ghana, 1963: A Memoir
Magazine article by David Levering Lewis; American Scholar, Vol. 68, Winter 1999
Subjects: African American college faculty--Social aspects, African American college teachers--Social aspects, College faculty--Social aspects, College teachers--Social aspects, Ghana--Social aspects
...encampment to destabilize conservative black African regimes, and we thought well of the deed when assassins liquidated Sylvanus Olympio, the pro-Western president of Togo. It was as though we expatriates expected to be compensated by Ghanaian audacity...


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newspaper articles on: Olympio Sylvanus  - 3 results

 
 
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Exile Stays in Tune with Memories: Togo Musician Sings for Rights
Newspaper article by Walusako Mwalilin; The Washington Times, February 8, 1996
Subjects: Togo
...an adviser to the ex-President Sylvanus Olympio" on womens issues, Mr. Bonney...life came to a sudden end when Olympio was killed in a coup on Jan. 13...of Togo , by Samuel Decalo: "Olympio met his death at the hands of Sergeant...
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Agonizing Birth Pangs of African Democracy
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 16, 2003
...torn asunder by rival claimants for office is significant. For example, Gilchrist Olympio, prime opposition leader and son of the slain President Sylvanus Olympio, has virtually pledged that he would summon his armed flock to the streets of Lome...
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An Invitation to Disaster
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 13, 2003
...after Nkrumahs overthrow in 1966. Forgotten is the Nkrumah-ordered assassination of his neighbor, President Sylvanus Olympio of Togo, in an unsuccessful imperialist grab. None of this is remembered on the Nkrumah Web site, which is solemnly...


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encyclopedia articles on: Olympio Sylvanus  - 2 results

 
 
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Olympio, Sylvanus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OLYMPIO, SYLVANUS silvan s olimpe , 1902 63, African political leader, president of Togo from 1961 to 1963. He was active in trade before entering...
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Togo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1960, see Togoland . At the time of independence, Sylvanus Olympio was the countrys prime minister, and when Togo adopted...1960s led to a coup on Jan. 13, 1963, during which Olympio was assassinated. Nicolas Grunitzky, Olympios brother...


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