From the 1960s-1980s, a group of Togolese women cloth traders were among some of the most powerful people in Togo. Their influence spanned the economical, social and political spheres. One of them became such an icon and inspiration, she was featured in Ebony magazine, a premiere magazine for African-Americans in the USA. We are learning about them from Marius Kothor, a PHD student in History at Yale University writing about the Nana Benz for her dissertation.
Check out Marius' twitter here.
You can check out pictures of mentioned Nana Benz member Eunice Adabunu here.
Episode music if from Free Music Archive. The song is entitled Bless-Ups by Ketsa.
