However, all is not misery in Togoland, which is what the Germans once called this place.
At night, all along the Boulevard du 13 Janvier (Independence Day), the bars and restaurants are brimming over with various forms of life. Keita even found a Malian café,(seen here the morning after)and chatted happily to the staff in Bambara while I watched some great American music videos, one with the unforgettable lyrics: ‘ You an’ me babe ain’t nothing but mammals/ so let’s do it like they do it on the Discovery Channel’.