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Crafts & Activities
Enjoy the worksheets for this month! The last worksheet is the transliteration of the first verse of “Holy God We Praise Thy Name” in Ewe! Sing along with the video embedded below.
Recipes
Click the images for a video version of these recipes. For a printable PDF recipe, click the text buttons below.
Togo’s cuisine is heavily influenced by the availability of ingredients. Many dishes feature simple staples such as rice, corn, yams, cassava, plantains (a non-sweet banana) and beans. Below are some Togolese recipes, sometimes modified for foods that are more widely available. For example, the Fufu recipe below calls for boiled potatoes instead of fermented cassava root. Happy cooking!
Animals in Togo
Togo is home to a variety of hardy and stubborn animals. African lion is the national animal of Togo! The Hippopotamus is one of the most dangerous animals, the honey badger is a fierce hunter, and the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal on earth!
The flying foxes in Fiji can be found in Australia as well. Here is a closeup of a rescued bat.
The flying foxes in Fiji can be found in Australia as well. Here is a closeup of a rescued bat.
Fun Facts
"Oceania" is a continent of the world. Some people call it Australia, others say Oceania.
Togo is a very small country: about 32 miles wide at the coast, and 320 miles long. That’s about the same size as the U.S. State of West Virginia, and half the size of the country of England! Even though Togo is so small, the 8 million people who live there speak approximately 40 different languages. The official language for trading and for government is French. The rest of the languages are older languages like Èʋe, Kabiyé, Mina, and many, many dialects!
Most people in Togo live a simple village lifestyle, including the family Emily visited in the book. This is how villagers fetch water:
Togolese people are strong. Like many African people, the people of Togo are good at carrying many things on their heads, even sometimes without using their hands! Can you carry something on your head? Try a book, or two, or three…
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Extras
Agnus Dei/Lamb of God in Fiji
It is easy to dance when the music is like this!
St. Mary Mackillop is from Australia. This is her story, performed by Australian children.
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