As soon as you leave Aflao, Ghana, you arrive in Lomé, Togo, Africa’s only capital city sitting on a land border. Centuries before European traders arrived in West Africa, Togo was a crossroads due to its geographical position. Competition among European traders – and the state powers who would later back them – in West Africa was heating up. Sights on the futureWith the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), African borders are being reshaped. Because of trade, Togo is a patchwork of communities from all over West Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 25, 2021 05:15 UTC