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Togo Off The Beaten Path

The outskirts of Lome

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The outskirts of Lome
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The outskirts of Lome
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The outskirts of Lome
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Off The Beaten Path
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Off The Beaten Path
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Yam

by grets

Allover Togo and other parts of West Africa, yams hold one of the greatest esteem of all the food products and are carefully integrated into the social, cultural, economic and religious aspects of life. A high status is given to this vegetable, and traditional ceremonies still accompany its production. Yam comes in various colours, from white (shown in the picture), through yellow to a fairly bright orange. The white variety is most widely used. Yam can be used instead of potato, boiled or mashed, and in fact I prefer it to our humble spud.

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Fonio

by grets

Fonio is the smallest of all millet species. Not only nutritious, it is also one of the fastest growing cereals, reaching maturity in six to eight weeks. Fonio is used to make couscous, bread, porridge and beer.

Cassava

by grets

Also known as the manioc, cassava is grown for its large, starch-filled root. It is extensively cultivated as an annual crop throughout Africa, and in every village you can see the ladies pounding the cassava to make fufu – the staple carbohydrate of West Africa. There are many other ways of eating cassava too, including boiled and fried, but the root cannot be eaten raw as it contains substances which convert to cyanide. Flour is made from cassava root too, known as tapioca flour. The white sticks you see here are dried cassava, a very good way of preserving it as cassava is best eaten very fresh and does not travel well.

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Millet

by grets

Millet is grass-like grain grown throughout Togo for use as food for humans and animals. Millet is separated from the husks by beating it hard and repeatedly with a stick, then washed, toasted and dried. It can then be eaten more or less as it is, just boiled with water (used as an accompaniment to meat in the same way as rice may be used), flour can be made from the grain, as well as beer.The local brew of choice is the millet beer. Millet and water is fermented over heat for a couple of days then stored for another couple of days in order to get the required strength. The longer it is left the stringer it is. We tasted two beers of different age, and could definitely differentiate between the two different strengths of the brews.Once the beer is ready to drink, it is sieved through a fine mesh – in this case a packing sack and into a container below. This is to remove any larger...

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Sorghum

by grets

Sorghum is a cultivated grass grown for grain and is well adapted to growth in hot, arid or semi-arid areas. It is used for food (couscous, flour and porridge mainly), making alcohol (in West Africa sorghum is used to make the local version of Guiness) as well as animal fodder

Papaya

by grets

The papaya (or pawpaw) fruit grows straight from the trunk of the tall papaya tree. The tree originates from Mexico, but is grown all over Togo and West Africa. Although very tasty and popular in the west too, papaya is not at innocuous as it first seems. When unripe, the fruit releases a latex fluid which can cause an allergic reaction to your skin, and the fruit and leaves also contain carpaine, an anthelmintic alkaloid which could be dangerous in high doses. The fruit is also said to have contraceptive and abortifacient capabilities, sometimes used in traditional remedies. The seeds of the papayas are sometimes ground up and used instead of black pepper.

The baobab tree

by grets

The Baobab Tree. Also popularly known as the Upside-Down-Tree. Some places it is also known as the Monkey Bread Tree. One of the great wonders of Africa, and one of my lasting memories from this continent. It is such a versatile tree, with many uses both for nature and man. The tree is capable of storing huge amounts of water in its trunk – up to 120,000 litres in fact. Uses for man from the baobab tree include:Leaves can be eaten as a vegetableLeaves are also ground to a powderThe dry pulp of the fruit is eaten either as it is or in a porridgeSeeds are used to thicken soupsSeeds are also used to produce vegetable oilThe trunk is used as fuelThe branches and trunk are used to produce fibreBaobabs are sacred to the animists in Togo and many ethnic groups will only build their home near to or alongside a baobab tree. Sometimes they will bill a shrine at the base of the tree, as in picture...

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Bush burning

by grets

It is common in many parts of West Africa, not just in Togo, for the villagers to burn away part of the undergrowth to encourage the regeneration of new life. This helps in the feeding of wild and domestic animals. We came across huge flames in places, and I did wonder if they ever got out of control. Be careful when walking through the burnt undergrowth, as the ash gets everywhere – my beige trousers were filthy!

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Voodoo Experience

by Fedzo

Once you reach Togoville, you will be welcomed by the tourist committe there, first go and see the Church built by germans in 1910 and visited by POPE JEAN-PAUL II. then u will definitly notice the small clay statues of Voodoo Gods everywhere. u can even visit the high priestess for consultancy.just try to make deals about how much to pay before you go and don't pay attention to all the naked people around, just act normal and follow the instructions. a DON'T MISS experience

Relax and enjoy the view on Lac Togo

by Fedzo

if you take the maritime road towards the Borders of Benin. you will arrive there in about 35-45 mins. a small hotel located on the lake serving food and drinks, just sit and relax or dip into the small pool. you can even have a quick visit to the nearby Togoville

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