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Bassar Bassari in Togo TOGO togo. bassar-bassari Informations and links Bassar Bassari Map Bassar Bassari Photos Bassar Bassari ------------------------------- Deforestation is a major ramification of the precolonial iron trade industry and its expansion in West Africa. The area of focus in this environment and trade case study is the central area of present day Togo, in the region of Bassar. It was possibly the largest complex for iron and steel production in West Central Africa. Smelting iron ore required the production of vast quantities of charcoal . Since charcoal is produced from wood, kilometers upon kilometers of forests were cleared to satisfy the iron demands of the industry from the 1300s through to the 1800s. In the 14th century smelting was widespread according to the investigations of archeologists. By the late 16th or early 17th century the Bassar region is documented as becoming a large scale producer for supra-regional export to Europe. French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, is Africa's longest-serving head of state. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government continues to be dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967. In addition, Togo has come under fire from international organizations for human rights abuses and is plagued by political unrest. Most bilateral and multilateral aid to Togo remains frozen..
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