Angèle Aguigah

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Angèle Aguigah
Born
Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah

(1955-12-04) 4 December 1955 (age 68)
NationalityTogolese
Occupation(s)Archaeologist; Government Minister
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Lomé

Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah (born 4 December 1955) is a Togolese archaeologist and politician. She was the first female archaeologist from Togo, and in 2017 she was given the honor of “Human Living Treasure of Togo“.[1]

Biography[edit]

Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah was born on 4 December 1955 in Lomé, Togo, where she grew up.[1] She studied at the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne from 1978 to 1986, where she graduated with degrees in: License in Archaeology and History of Art; MA in African Archaeology; Diploma of Advanced Studies; PhD in African Archaeology.[1][2] She is one of the few academics in West Africa to hold two PhDs - she graduated with her second in 1995 under the supervision of Jean Devisse at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.[1][2]

Career[edit]

In addition to a successful career in archaeology, Aguigah has also held high political offices in the Government of Togo.[3]

Archaeology[edit]

Aguigah is head of the Archaeological Programme of Togo and is a senior lecturer at the University of Lomé and University of Kara.[1] She is an international consultant on cultural heritage and has lectured widely.[1] She researched traditional floor coverings in Togo.[4] This research concentrated on a survey of potsherd floorings at Tado.[5] This research also demonstrated that archaeo-metallurgical activities had taken place there since the eleventh century.[5]

She has directed archaeological excavations at Notsé, Tado, Dapaong, Nook (Togo), and Bè sites.[1] Her research at Notsé demonstrated that the earthworks built there were not used for defence, but to define the space as socially distinct.[6] As a result of her collaboration with Nicoue Gayibor, their excavations were able to demonstrate that the thirty-three neighbourhoods at Notsé were made up of family enclosures.[7] She coordinated World Heritage Site applications for Togo, with particular concern for the cave sites of Nook and Mamproug.[1]

Politics[edit]

Taberma house in Koutammakou, Togo

Aguigah's experience in archaeology and heritage meant that work in government became a second phase of her career. From 2000 to 2003 she was Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister's Office in charge of Private Sector of Togo.[1] From 2003 she was Minister of Culture of Togo.[8] During her ministry the Cultural Landscape of Koutammakou was registered as a World Heritage Site and a programme of public engagement.[1] She also encouraged a decentralisation of cultural industries in Togo, in order to create more regional opportunities.[1]

In 2012, Aguigah became director of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) in Benin.[9][10] Her time at CENI was not without controversy: she announced that elections could be ready in May 2013, ahead of the government's expected date of October, which caused opposition from the government.[11] She had previously been an RTP candidate in the 2007 legislative elections.[12] She has been outspoken about the need for internal and external investment on the archaeological heritage of Togo.[13]

Publications[edit]

  • Le site de Notsé : problématique de son importance historique des premiers résultats archéologiques, 1981
  • Le site de Notsé : contribution à l'archéologie du Togo, 1986
  • Les problèmes de conservation des pavements en tessons de poterie du Togo, 1993
  • Pavements et terres damées dans les régions du Golfe du Bénin : enquête archéologique et historique, 1995
  • Approche ethnoarchéologique survivances d'unetechnique ancienne d'aménagement du sol chez les Kabiye au Nord Togo, 2002
  • L'archeologie a la recherche du royaume de Notse, 2004
  • Archéologie et architecture traditionnelle en Afrique de l'Ouest : le cas des revêtements de sols au Togo : une étude comparée, 2018

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k N’Dah, Didier (2014), "Aguigah, Angèle Dola", in Smith, Claire (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer New York, pp. 119–121, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2361, ISBN 978-1-4419-0426-3, retrieved 10 June 2020
  2. ^ a b Aguigah, Angèle (1 January 1995). Pavements et terres damées dans les régions du Golfe du Bénin : enquête archéologique et historique (thesis thesis). Paris 1.
  3. ^ "Bonsoir, Afrique". french.china.org.cn. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ Aguigah, Dola Angèle (2018). Archéologie et architecture traditionnelle en Afrique de l'Ouest : le cas des revêtements de sols au Togo : une étude comparée. Paris. ISBN 978-2-343-15637-8. OCLC 1081427015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b Haour, Anne (16 October 2018). Two thousand years in Dendi, northern Benin: archaeology, history and memory. Leiden. p. 1. ISBN 978-90-04-37669-4. OCLC 1047531915.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Monroe, J. Cameron (18 August 2014). The pre-colonial state in West Africa : building power in Dahomey. New York NY. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-139-95786-1. OCLC 880877970.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Apoh, Wazi (25 July 2019). Revelations of dominance and resilience : unearthing the buried past of the Akpini, Akan, Germans and British at Kpando, Ghana. Legon-Accra, Ghana. p. 97. ISBN 978-9988-8830-4-1. OCLC 1112131345.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Turner, Barry (2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2005: the Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World (141th ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan Limited. p. 1579. ISBN 978-0-230-27133-3. OCLC 1084379181.
  9. ^ admin2712 (13 November 2012). "Prochaines Législatives: Mme Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah prend la tête de la CENI". La Premiere Agence de Presse Privee Au Togo (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ TogoPortail, Par Admin (13 November 2012). "Préparation en grande pompe des élections législatives : Mme Angèle Dola Akofa AGUIGAH élue présidente de la CENI ce lundi". Togoportail (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Togo : l'opposition conteste la tenue des législatives en juillet – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 16 May 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  12. ^ Africa yearbook. Volume 9, Politics, economy and society south of the Sahara in 2012. Mehler, Andreas,, Melber, Henning,, Walraven, Klaas van, 1958-. Leiden. 12 September 2013. p. 198. ISBN 978-90-04-25600-2. OCLC 860905211.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ "Au Togo, trois archéologues - pour l'ensemble du pays -". L'Orient-Le Jour. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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