Wikipedia's list of West African music traditions covers Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Which small coastal country between Ghana and Benin, whose capital is Lome, is also on the list?

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Togo. The Music of Niger sits alongside the music of its neighbors in West African tradition, listed with Nigeria, Mali, and Burkina Faso. The Music of Togo appears on the same regional list, alongside Benin, Ghana, and Guinea, as part of the Music of West Africa.