 Before independence was obtained from France, Tévoédjrè helped found the pro-independence organization Mouvement Africain de Libération Nationale and the Ligue pour la Promotion Africaine, as well as leading the Syndicat National des Ensignants du Dahomey.In February 1960, Tévoédjrè participated in a strike at the Technical College of Cotonou.The demonstrators requested to fire two professors who failed several students and had them expelled.