Togo

Words by: collectively
Music by: collectively
In use: 1979-1991

In 1979, the national anthem was replaced with a new one, written collectively by members of the ruling party Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais. The anthem was changed back to the original one in the early 1990s, around the same time that democratic reforms were put in place under Western pressure.

See also: Togo.