Yves-Emmanuel Dogbé

Yves-Emmanuel Dogbé (10 May 1939 – 7 November 2004) was a Togolese writer, philosopher, sociologist, and educator.

Life and works Dogbé was born in Sa-Kpové, near Aného. He studied sociology in Paris and obtained his PhD from Paris Descartes University.

Dogbé was arrested in Lomé in 1977 for criticizing the economic policies of the regime of Gnassingbé Eyadéma. He returned to Paris, where he founded his own publishing company in 1979 and named it "Akpagnon" after his father. He published An Anthology of Togolese Poetry and Tales and Legends of Togo (in French and Ewe) in 1980. In the following years, his company published several Togolese authors and almost every work by Dogbé himself. He remained in exile until 1991, when he returned to Togo.

Historical Dictionary of Togo (1996) called him "Togo's greatest living writer."