Tété-Michel Kpomassie

thumb|Tété-Michel Kpomassie speaks to The Bergen Student Society, October 18th, 2011 Tété-Michel Kpomassie is a Togolese writer and traveller best known for his autobiographical travel book L’Africain du Groenland (An African in Greenland), first published in 1980. He travelled from Togo to Greenland over roughly eight years and spent about two years living among Inuit communities. The book became an internationally translated work and won the Prix littéraire francophone international in 1981. Quotes For me, literature works exactly the same way: everything human beings write is useful. In my books, I have always remained an observer, never a judge. Describe rather than dictate: that is a lesson I learned from Gustave Flaubert. When two people look at each other for a long time, they are trying to see beyond appearances. All liberation comes from within. It is for Greenlanders to lead their own struggle. I simply wanted to find a people I had learned to love through a book. It is truly insulting that people came and destroyed all this and imposed other ways upon us, even down to the way we think. A moment like that is unforgettable. External links category:1941 births Category: living people Category:Travel writers Category:Authors from Togo