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Pya-Hodo Massacre

The Pya-Hodo Massacre in Togo refers to a massacre that took place on 21 June 1957. On that day, a UN delegation visited the country, in Pya-Hodo. The population took advantage of the visit of the United Nations mission, led by Charles T. O. King, Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations, to express its frustration with the French colonial administration in Togo which was imposed on the country.

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During the one-party rule of the Rally of the Togolese People, a marble stele was erected, listing the names of the deceased with the epitaph "They died so that Togo may live". becoming a public holiday in 2021. It commemorates all the dead of the struggle for independence, not only the victims of the Pya-Hodo massacre. In this locality of Kabiyè country a white marble stele was erected. It is written there: “They died so that Togo may live”. The monument also mentions the names of the twenty victims of this massacre. ==References==
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