Collin Gonze
New York, New York, United States
Fall 1962?
Togo President Sylvanus Olympio (left) at the office of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) in New York. ACOA had helped Olympio when he was a petitioner at the United Nations seeking independence for his country. An artist from Harlem is holding a picture he pained of President Olympio. The man on the right was a member of the Togo delegation. President Olympio was in New York to attend the United Nations. President Olympio was assassinated a few months later. The photograph was taken by Collin Gonze, who at the time was on the staff of ACOA. (Source: Collin Gonze and George M. Houser)
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Photo courtesy of Collin Gonze.
