Securitising Decolonisation
The Silencing of Ewe and Togoland Unification under United Nations Trusteeship, 1945-1960
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This theory-driven history of the Ewe-Togoland movement, where UN-backed dreams echoed in silence, unfolds lessons for modern statebuilding.
With the right to petition the United Nations, the Ewe and Togoland unification movement enjoyed a privilege unmatched by other dependent peoples. Using language conveying insecurity, the movement seized the international spotlight, ensuring that the topic of unification dominated the UN Trusteeship System for over a decade. Yet, its vociferous securitisations fell silent due to colonial distortion, leaving unification unfulfilled, thus allowing the seeds of secessionist conflict to grow. At the intersection of postcolonial theory and security studies, Julius Heise presents a theory-driven history of Togoland's path to independence, offering a crucial lesson for international statebuilding efforts.
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Julius Heise
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