• Description: Tété-Michel Kpomassie is a Togolese explorer whose incredible adventure story is told in his book "An African in Greenland". Fascinated by a book on Greenland as a young man, he decided to embark on an extraordinary journey to the far north. Over eight years, he traversed Africa and Europe, working and traveling, to fulfill his dream of visiting Greenland. Arriving in the cold Arctic, Kpomassie immersed himself in the culture and life of the Greenlanders, living among the Inuit and adapting to their traditional ways of life. His book offers a unique and deeply personal perspective on Greenland, seen through the eyes of an African who crossed the world to explore it
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Togo
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1941-
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_African_in_Greenland
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362987
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Kpomassie T., An african in Greenland, New York Review Books, 2001.
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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