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- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou abstract "Kojo Tovalou Houénou (born Marc Tovalou Quénum; 25 April 1887 – 13 July 1936) was a prominent African critic of the French colonial empire in Africa. Born in Porto-Novo (a French protectorate in present-day Benin) to a wealthy father and a mother related to the king of the Kingdom of Dahomey. He was sent to France for education at the age of 13, received a law degree, medical training, and served in the French armed forces as an army doctor during World War I. Following the war, Houénou became a minor celebrity in Paris; dating actresses, writing books as a public intellectual, and making connections with many of the elite of French society. In 1921, he visited Dahomey for the first time since 1900 and upon returning to France became active in trying to build bonds between France and Dahomey. In 1923, he was assaulted in a French nightclub by Americans who objected to an African being served in the club and the attack served to change his perspective and increase his efforts to confront racism. He founded an organization and a newspaper with the help of other African intellectuals living in Paris like René Maran and traveled to New York City to attend Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) conference. Upon returning to France, Houénou was considered a subversive by the French government, his newspaper went bankrupt, the organization he founded folded, and he was forced to leave France and move back to Dahomey. Following unrest attributed to him in Dahomey, he relocated eventually to Dakar, Senegal where he continued to be harassed by the French authorities. He died from Typhoid fever in 1936 while imprisoned in Dakar, after being arrested on contempt of court charges.".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou alias "Quénum, Marc Tovalou".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou birthDate "1887-04-25".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou birthName "Marc Tovalou Quénum".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou birthPlace Dahomey.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou birthPlace Porto-Novo.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou birthYear "1887".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou citizenship France.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou deathCause Typhoid_fever.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou deathDate "1936-07-13".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou deathPlace Dakar.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou deathPlace Senegal.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou deathYear "1936".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou ethnicity Fon_people.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou knownFor Dahomey.
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- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou title "Prince of Dahomey".
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- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kojo Tovalou Houénou".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou alternativeNames "Quénum, Marc Tovalou".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou birthDate "1887-04-25".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou birthName "Marc Tovalou Quénum".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou birthPlace Dahomey.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou birthPlace Porto-Novo.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou citizenship France.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou dateOfBirth "1887-04-25".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou dateOfDeath "1936-07-13".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou deathCause Typhoid_fever.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou deathDate "1936-07-13".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou deathPlace Dakar.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou deathPlace Senegal.
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- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou knownFor "Critic of French African empire, writer, Prince of Dahomey".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou name "Houénou, Kojo Tovalou".
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- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou occupation "Lawyer".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou parents Joseph_Tovalou_Quénum.
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou placeOfBirth "Porto-Novo, Dahomey".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou placeOfDeath "Dakar, Senegal".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou quote ""Why do we not enjoy the rights of citizenship? We demand to be citizens, whatever the country, and that is why, if France rejects us, we call for autonomy; or, if she welcomes us, then for a total assimilation and integration. Enough of lies and hypocrisy! 'Association' under present terms is but thinly disguised slavery"".
- Kojo_Tovalou_Houénou shortDescription "African royalty; French activist".
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