Kojo Tovalou Houénou

Kojo Tovalou Houénou was a prominent African critic of the French colonial empire in Africa. Born in Porto-Novo to a wealthy father and a mother who belonged to the royal family of the Kingdom of Dahomey, he was sent to France for education at the age of 13. There he received a law degree, medical training, and served in the French armed forces as an army doctor during World War I. Following the war, Houénou became a minor celebrity in Paris; dating actresses, writing books as a public intellectual, and making connections with many of the elite of French society.

25 April 1887

Born on the same birth day (25 April): Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel • Cathy Smith • Felix Berezin • Felix Klein • Gedhun Choekyi Nyima • Guglielmo Marconi • Jay Park • John McFall (athlete) • John Moisant • Matt Walker (swimmer) • Mike Selvey • Oliver Cromwell • Omar McLeod • Sara Baras • Wolfgang Pauli

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