In Man in Ivory Coast, the secrets of the Residence of the former governors at 1300m altitude

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Connectionivoirienne May 23, 2021 10:23 a.m.

In Man in Ivory Coast, the secrets of the Residence of the former governors at 1300m altitude

Moreover, it was also this particular climate at the top of Tonkpi, which gave Governor Pierre Mesmin the idea of ​​farming fir, cinchona, tea plants and other exotic plants.

" Testimony on the penultimate governor "The main residence of the governors, during the colonial era, is the current building that houses the Presidency of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, in the Plateau district of Abidjan.

Road to the top of Tonkpi built by hand; residence with the appearance of a fortress, built with enormous masses of granite stones carried on the head and polished by hand: all carried out by the local indigenous populations, under the supervision of the very zealous and sometimes violent circle guards .

“My uncle Gba Sadia was, for several decades, the main cook of the governors who succeeded one another in Côte d'Ivoire during the colonial period, until 1960.

Almost identical topographic configuration for all the Toura and Yacouba villages in the region.

Mountainous west of Côte d'Ivoire long before the colonial period.

But, I remember that at each return to school, the governor gave me: a closed shoe, a satchel and a well-sewn khaki outfit.

"To be in altitude to dominate" told us one day, the late Diomandé Gbindé, then chief of land and chief of the village Biangouin (original village of Biankouma), a locality formerly located at the top of Mont-Bian more than 600 meters from altitude.

However, I mainly think that it was by imitation that the settlers chose to settle at the top of Tonkpi.

Pierre Mesmin was not the last French governor in Côte d'Ivoire.

Pierre Mesmin left the Ivory Coast in 1955, destined for Dakar, the capital of Senegal, but also the capital of French West Africa (AOF).

"This is the place to light each other's lanterns.

A little further on, Louaty Soumahoro, current village chief of Dingouin, a locality located 6 km from the capital of the sub-prefecture of Biankouma, over 80 years old, graying hair, retired schoolteacher, the one who lived in the restricted family circle of Governor Pierre Mesmin underlines: “To the security dimension, we must add the atypical climate at the top of Tonkpi..

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