Tavio Amorin
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Octave Tavio Tobias Ayao Amorin (20 November 1958 – 29 July 1992) was a Togo
lese socialist
politician. He led the Pan-African Socialist Party
, the ideology of which was influenced by the following three important African leaders:
- Marcus Garvey, the father of the Panafricanism of the people,
- Kwameh N'Krumah, the father of the political panafricanism,
- Cheikh Anta Diop, the father of the cultural panafricanism.
He was the Président of the political and human rights affairs in the High Council of the Republic.
He was Permanent Secretary of the Coordination of the democratic opposition i Togo (CODII in French).
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Amorin was born in Lomé
. He was a member of the High Council of the Republic, formed in 1991 as the transitional legislature. Being an outspoken opponent to President Gnassingbe Eyadema dictatorial regime, Amorin was shot in the streets of Lomé by two unidentified men believed to be security force agents on July 23 1992. First taken to a hospital in town, he was then evacuated in a critical state to a Paris
hospital. He died in Paris a few days later on July 29.. He was 33 years old.
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...
lese socialist
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
politician. He led the Pan-African Socialist Party
Pan-African Socialist Party
Pan-African Socialist Party was a Togolese political party advocating socialism and pan-Africanism. It was founded in the early 1990s in response to Togo's legalization of opposition parties. After the assassination of its first and brighest leader, Tavio Amorin, in July 1992, the party fell into...
, the ideology of which was influenced by the following three important African leaders:
- Marcus Garvey, the father of the Panafricanism of the people,
- Kwameh N'Krumah, the father of the political panafricanism,
- Cheikh Anta Diop, the father of the cultural panafricanism.
He was the Président of the political and human rights affairs in the High Council of the Republic.
He was Permanent Secretary of the Coordination of the democratic opposition i Togo (CODII in French).
- .
Amorin was born in Lomé
Lomé
Lomé, with an estimated population of 737,751, is the capital and largest city of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels...
. He was a member of the High Council of the Republic, formed in 1991 as the transitional legislature. Being an outspoken opponent to President Gnassingbe Eyadema dictatorial regime, Amorin was shot in the streets of Lomé by two unidentified men believed to be security force agents on July 23 1992. First taken to a hospital in town, he was then evacuated in a critical state to a Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
hospital. He died in Paris a few days later on July 29.. He was 33 years old.