The Ewe people (/ˈeɪ.weɪ/; Ewe: Eʋeawó, lit. "Ewe people"; or Mono Kple Volta Tɔ́sisiwo Dome, lit. "Between the Rivers Mono and Volta"; Eʋenyígbá Eweland;[3]) are a Gbe-speaking ethnic group. The largest population of Ewe people is in Ghana (6.0 million),[4] and the second largest population is in Togo (3.1 million).[5][1] They speak the Ewe language (Ewe: Eʋegbe) which belongs to the Gbe family of languages.[6] They are related to other speakers of Gbe languages such as the Fon, Gen, Phla /Phera, Ogun/Gun, Maxi, and the Aja people of Togo and Benin.
^ abJames Minahan (2002). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World A-Z. ABC-CLIO. pp. 589–590. ISBN 978-0-313-07696-1.
^John A. Shoup III (2011). Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-59884-363-7.
^Basic Ewe for foreign students Archived 2012-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, p. 206.
^Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. pp. 454–455. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
^Ghana Archived 2021-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, CIA Factbook
^Éwé: A Language of Ghana Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, Ethnologue
The Ewepeople (/ˈeɪ.weɪ/; Ewe: Eʋeawó, lit. "Ewepeople"; or Mono Kple Volta Tɔ́sisiwo Dome, lit. "Between the Rivers Mono and Volta"; Eʋenyígbá Eweland;)...
Look up ewe or Ewe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A ewe is a female sheep. Ewe or EWE may also refer to: Ewepeople, an ethnic group in the Eastern...
Ewe (Eʋe or Eʋegbe [ɛβɛɡ͡bɛ]) is a language spoken by approximately 5 million people in West Africa, mainly in Ghana and Togo. Ewe is part of a group of...
The Anlo Ewe are a sub-group of the Ewepeople of approximately 6 million people, inhabiting southern Togo, southern Benin, southwest Nigeria, and south-eastern...
Ewe drumming refers to the drumming ensembles of the Ewepeople of Ghana, Togo, and Benin. The Ewe are known for their experience in drumming throughout...
Ewe music is the music of the Ewepeople of Togo, Ghana, and Benin, West Africa. Instrumentation is primarily percussive and rhythmically the music features...
performed by the Ewepeople of the Volta Region of Ghana, particularly during the Hogbetsotso Festival, a celebration by the Anlo Ewepeople. In addition...
being in the West African traditional religion of the Fon people (Benin, Dahomey) and the Ewepeople (Togo). She is one of the most influential deities in...
The Ewe State of Anlo is headed by the Dutor. the traditional political and spiritual leader of the Anlos. The first Dutor, Torgbiga Wenya I was the founder...
Borborbor is a Ghanaian and Togolese traditional dance performed by the Ewepeople from the mid-Volta region of Ghana and Southern Togo including Kpalime...
traditional religions of the Bini people of Edo State in southern Nigeria, the Ewepeople of Benin, Ghana, and Togo, and the Fon people of Benin. Yoruba tradition...
the Akan and Ewe ethnic groups. Akan birthday names are associated with appellations that give an indication of the character of people born on such days...
defined and subgroups included, the Kabiye people are the second largest ethnic group in Togo after the Ewepeople, and they dominate the Togolese government...
rule, the Ewepeople in what are now Ghana and Togo escaped from Notsie to their present lands. Meyer, Birgit (2002). "Christianity and the Ewe Nation:...
the Ewepeople (68.5% of the population). They consist of several sub groups such as the Anlo Ewe, Tongu Ewe, Wedome Ewe, Ave Ewe and Avenor Ewe. Other...
its people who were divided by colonial powers between British Togoland, the Gold Coast and French Togoland; he wanted its people united as one Ewe nation-state...
slaves that came from the Slave Coast, through the lands of Ewe and Fon people. The Fon people, like other neighboring ethnic groups in West Africa, remained...
incorporation of Togoland from the Ewepeople who voted against in British Togoland, as the Ewe wanted the unification of the Ewepeople in British Togoland and...
people especially the Ewe and Fon trace their origins to Adja Tado (formerly known as Azame ) and consider Adja as their mother tribe. The Gbe people...
Mount Afadja, known as Afadjato to the Ewepeople of Ghana and Togo, is one of the highest mountains in Ghana. The summit is located in the Volta Region...
capital of the Anlo state. The name of the festival is derived from the Ewe language and translates as the festival of exodus. or "coming from Hogbe...
place for men to live happily, and he has not yet finished this task. In Ewe religion, Gu, also pronounced Egu, is the god of war and craftsmen especially...
National Youth Role Model Award for being a role model and youth leader "PEOPLE CHANGING THE FACE OF AFRICA – MAWUENA TREBARH, CEO OF GIPC | Pleasures Magazine"...
Nana Aba Anamoah (birth name: Rosemond Nana Aba McEwan-Anamoah born June 19, 1980) is a Ghanaian media personality. Until her resignation from TV3, she...
The Ewe Unification Movement was a series of west African ethno-nationalist efforts which sought the unification of the Ewepeoples spread across what...
author and diplomat. His work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewepeople with contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization...
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