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Gerson Gu-Konu was born on 1932 in Togo, is an activist. Discover Gerson Gu-Konu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Born 1932
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Date of death 2006
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Nationality Togo

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1978

In 1978 he went to work for the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London. He was in charge of the development and support of AI branches in Africa. Throughout his exile he was threatened by the régime in Togo, and was not even able to visit his homeland. He became very ill, and on retiring shared his time between London and Ho, a small village in Ghana not far from the Togolese border.

1960

In 1960 Togo became independent and Gerson Gu-Konu was elected Member of Parliament for the region of Kpalimé. He supported the first president Sylvanus Olympio. After the coup d’état of 1963, and the assassination of President Olympio, Gerson Gu-Konu was arrested and tortured. He was freed four years later thanks to petitioning by Amnesty International (AI) and the International Voluntary Service (IVS), the British branch of the SCI. He then fled to France where he found work in SCI Paris office, and became a member of staff. From 1970 to 1978 he was SCI International Secretary for West Africa.

1955

In 1955 he founded an association called in French Les Volontaires au travail (LVT) - The Volunteers At Work. 1957 he discovered international voluntary workcamps in Ghana, and heard the first time about Service Civil International (SCI).

1932

Gerson Gu-Konu, also Gerson Konu, real name Kwadzo Gaglo Gù-Konu (1932–2006), was a peace and human rights activist and member of the Parliament of Togo.

Gerson Gu-Konu was born in 1932 in Kuma-Adame, in the Southwest of Togo. He did his primary education in Kpalime. He continued his secondary studies until 1949 at the Collège moderne de Lomé (known as Petit Dakar at the time). He started his professional life as a teacher for the Evangelical Mission, first in Kpalime, then in Lomé until 1954 before returning to Kpalime where he continued teaching at the Collège Espoir until 1956.