The Ewe's - Beautiful People But Where Are They from? | Ghanaian Culture & Tradition
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Today we are going to be looking into the history of the Ewes. What's the culture like, what are their traditions and what are they known for.
This should be interesting!
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Dela
Thank you so much for having me! I really appreciate it 🤗🤗🤗
It was great having you but next time don’t let me stand on the lower side of the pavement. I look too short here 😂😂😂
Thank you for providing the Ewe history. I pray my brothers and sisters come back to our God. The God of the Hebrews. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. YHWH is the one true God of the universe and creator of all and his son Yahusha meaning "Yah is Salvation." Shalom family
@@moretodela I love Nappie, but I think it will be better having around-the-fire conversation with your grandma in Keta on Ewe history and culture - this will be more informative. You may also visit the University of Ghana, where you will definitely find a lecturer willing to engage. Prof. Gavua of the Archaeology dept. can be one such person or Prof. Anyidoho . Nappie has most of the things wrong. The dance you did back in London, for instance, Ganwu (not sure of the spelling) is completely different from Borborbor. The former is a distinct dance performed by the Anlos, whereas the latter is performed by the Ewe-dome (Ewes from Kpando, Ho, Hohoe etc). This is just on a lighter note :-)
@@francistettey1759 Ok that's interesting to know. I'm only just scratching the surface at the moment, I will definitely go deeper on it. Thank you for the information.
Della brought me here
SOME EWE HISTORY:
Dela, coming back to this video, I can tell that this gentleman does not speak Ewe well and this shows at the end of the video when he tried to say something to the audience. Next time, when you want authentic history, forget a fellow CZcamsr and look for someone with knowledge of the local history and customs. I've enjoyed your videos and I'm happy to see you identify with your Ewe culture, so here are my comments:
1. The Ewes as a group - who mostly inhabit the Volta Region of Ghana - migrated from Ile Ife in Nigeria (Yorubaland), then settled at Ketu (between Dahomey, now called Republic of Benin and Nigeria), then to Notsie in present day Togo where they lived under a wicked king called Agokoli. The Ewes were not led by Agokoli as the gentleman claimed. They just settled in his kingdom Notsie, of which he was the ruler. Because of Agokoli's wickedness, the Ewes ran away at night and migrated to present day Ghana. The Anlos, who settled mostly at Keta and Anloga were led by one Togbui Wenya. The gentleman said we moved from Ketu to Ile Ife, which is false.
2. The Anlos became part of the Gold Coast (as Ghana was then known) in 1850 when they came under British rule after Britain bought out the Danish castles and possessions on the Gold Coast. The Danes built Fort Prinzenstein at Keta in 1784 as part of a peace treaty following the war of 1784 (known as the Sagbadre war). It is after acquiring these Danish properties that Anlo became a British Protectorate. The Anlos were therefore, originally part of the Gold Coast and did not become part of Ghana after independence as this gentleman told you. Only those in the northern part of the Volta Region (Kpando area) who were formerly under German rule before Germany's defeat in the First World War in 1918, and whose lands were taken from Germany as spoils of war and given to Britain by the League of Nations (later the United Nations) to administer as a trust territory became part of Ghana in 1957 when Ghana became independent.
2. Yes. A beauty pageant was organized as part of Ghana's independence celebrations and the winner was Miss Monica Amekoafia from the Volta Region who had the number 9. Later, because Ghana then had 9 regions , some Ghanaians started to use #9 pejoratively to refer to Voltarians (Ewes) as the least of the 9 regions.
3. It is false that the people from Togo speak the original dialect. There is only one Ewe language with many dialects - Anlo, Wedome, Mina, Gbe, Fon, etc. The Togolese only speak a dialect. Nothing original about it.
4. Again, it is false to say Ewes were led by Agokoli. Wenya led the Anlos. Ewes who migrated to other parts of the Volta Region were led by other people.
5. It is false. Keta people did not ran to Ho because of the sea and came back. Many Keta residents whose homes were destroyed by sea erosion settled all over Ghana - Akatsi, Accra, Denu, Sogakope, etc etc.
6. His description of the Ewe's favorite food, akple is simplistic. Akple is generic in Ewe. There are many varieties and combinations. Eworkple is cooked with dry corn flour. Akple (which other ethnic groups call banku) is made with fermented corn flour mixed with fresh cassava dough. Ewordemi is made with dry corn flour mixed with fresh cassava dough. Amorkukple is made with fermented corn flour only. Dzemkple (also called aprapransa in Asante or Twi) is made with roasted corn flour, zomi or palm oil and crabs with some Momoni or salted fish thrown in!). There is also Ayikple which is made with roasted corn flour cooked in beans which has been pre-cooked in coconut milk or coconut oil; etc.
Aside of Akple, the other favorite food of Ewes are: Abolo and Yake yake (both steamed) and agbeli kaklo. You can Google these.
Don't know what food he means by Zakplizeze or Zakpli and I don't think any Ewe has heard of that food either. Zakpli means chamber pot in Ewe. I guess he wanted to say Dzemkple (red akple or aprapransa).
7. Ewes have many festivals. The Hogbetsotso festival (which is celebrated every November at Anloga - and which you should endeavor to attend next week or so) is a celebration and depiction of how the Anlos escaped Agokoli at Notsie to present day Ghana. A friend of mine is one of the chiefs who will preside at the festival. He schooled with me in Canada. Let me know if you want me to introduce you to him so you can shoot some videos for your channel)
8. Ewes are feared because the rest of Ghana thinks we are able to rain curses, sickness and disease on them through juju if they wrong us. Most Ewes migrated to other areas of Ghana to work and so are able to speak other languages and can understand what others are saying. Other ethnic groups on the other hand, don't usually visit the Volta Region and as such can't speak Ewe. They thus become suspicions when two Ewes are speaking Ewe or are just together. There is always the suspicion that they are plotting something!
9. Also Gahu is not Borborbor as he claims. Those are two separate dances. The Ewes have more dance forms than any other ethnic group in Ghana.
Sorry for the long write up. Just had some time on my hands with this quarantine!
Nappie was so bold misinforming viewers. So bad.
Next thing you'll say he isn't an ewe😂😂😂😂😂🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
John-Paul He tried but he just didn’t have the right information.
He tried his best
@ John Akpalu! You are so right with what you said 👍🏽👌🏼
Beautiful African tribe inside and out....very friendly and intelligent people. I am from Liberia and have an Ewe friend.🥰❤
Waauw im learning so much. I am also part ewe and I didnt know any of this. So thats why some of my family is in 🇹🇬 Togo. Thanks Nappie
It’s so interesting isn’t it 😊
Some of the Ewe people e.g. anlos, already were part of the gold coast before it became Ghana. Large portions of the volta region already belonged to the gold coast before it became Ghana, though there's a portion that cuts across the Ghana Togo border.
I’m from Togo most Togolese do not speak the “original’’ Ewe. We speak a dialect called Mina. Ghanaian Ewes are the ones that speak more of the “original” Ewe. Southern Beninese ppl (Fons) are a mixture of Adja-Ewes and Yoruba. Which is why the Fon language is a combination of Ewe and Yoruba.
Better Say: most people from Lome and the Togolese coast speak a dialect called Mina. We have many ewe dialects taking into account the migratory trajectories of each group. Anlo dialect can not be consider as the "original" one. Just ride into the "old" Bè in Lome, you'll gonna hear people speak good Ewe. Even the Ouatchi from Destrict of Vo speak good Ewe. What about Ewes from Notse Tsevie, Agou, Kpalime...We are all ewe speakers.
@@ametonouamevisena7830exactement très bien résumé 👍.
Yoruba, Fon, Ewe=same culture.
Mina is different than Ewe
If you can speak Minan than you will understand Ewe. It’s like American English vs UK English 🤷🏽♀️
Ready to learn Eveo history. Such a rich history. I listen to some of your worship songs and I have to say it's beautiful. Love it. Love the people, culture and language.
the early ewe people migrant from Egypte
Hi Dela, I'm sorry to say but nappies' story of our migration lacked fluidity. I suggest you track down an elderly person in keta, perhaps your grandmother to fill you in on our history. I truly appreciate your efforts to expose Ghana's cultures to the world. Keep it up!
More details here
instagram.com/tv/CAwyrP1l1TH/?igshid=1wbmuo3gpgybs
It was brief but not inaccurate
My name is also Dela
@@stanthemafia Main facts were incorrect and there more to Ewe history than just the southern people.
I agree, constructive advice
Great video with Nappie Briggs! I am already one of his subscribers! This was very informational!
Yay notification crew!
Another fabulous video. Keep up the great work!
when are you visiting Africa?
Eʋe decendend from Eʋe (written in the English bible as Eber), who begat Peleg, who begat Abraham. The people practice a patrilineal culture just like the ancient hebrews(Eʋes). The Eʋes sourjourned in Keme (meaning sandy place or desert i.e. Kemit/Egypt) before settling in West Africa( the slave coast), the area between west Nigeria and the Volta River in Ghana(Torgo, meaning bank of the river, metamorphosed into Togo under european rule). This area before the European demarcation of Africa was called Eʋenyigba (land of the Eʋe). This area was once ruled from Ketugah (big Ketu/capital of Ketu) in Oyo( present day Benin). Ketugah was named after their abode in ancient Egypt(Ketu) just as Notsie/ŋɔtsie (make a path/hole in water) in Togo was named to commemorate the miracle of the parting of the water under the leadership of Mosi(Moses).
The Eʋes are related to the Ga and Adangbe people in Ghana , the Dahomey in Benin, the Fon people in Benin and Western Nigeria (Gbadagry, Lagos etc) who they share common linguistics and culture with till this day.
The migration of Eʋe populations from Oyo to settle in Ghana, Togo, South West Nigeria and Benin has occurred over several centuries but the invasion of Old Oyo by the Fulani caliphate from the North catalysed a large wave of migration towards South West Nigeria and into Benin, Togo and Ghana of certain clans of the Eʋe like the Adzovia(Royal House).
Eʋenyigba known as the slave coast to Europeans suffered disproportionately both under the European and trans-sahara slave trades. A large part of the modern populations in the Caribbeans, Jamaica, Grenada, Trinidad and other parts of the America can trace their roots to the Eʋe and their culture resonates in these countries up till to today.
Very educational indeed. Thanks for sharing this information.
Great content, Dela.
Great video!
Thank you so much for this , very interesting.
Dela, you’re doing very well with these videos but I would encourage you to find people with accurate information for your some of video. I’m an Ewe and I know from history that Ewes migrated from Egypt to Sudan to Nigeria and then to Present day Benin, Togo and Ghana. How can he even say Anlo is an adulterated version of Ewe? We have categories of Ewe. Even in Ghana alone, we have the Anlos, Wedome, and the Tongus. They all speak different categories of Ewe. Seriously? A lot of misinformation from Nappie.
Nice one! You have a beautiful spirit. Stay positive and stay blessed.
Nice content
Great video guys😂
Keep up the good work Dela and Nappie 👍🏼👌🏼👏🏽..... akpe nami loo (thank you very much)🙏🏽 🙏🏽
Haha I was able to read that. I feel so proud 😂😊
@@moretodela me to.... we are very proud of you 😊🤗
Volta region is the best place to live. I am a decendant of an Ewe woman. I was told my great great grandma is from bator excuse my spelling. She got married to a Ga man. This is why am so drawn to Ewes, GAs and Nigerians. Th
So enlighten , please have a part 2.. Sis. EKUA - New York...🦊🦊🦊
Excellent
Thank you!
Thank you so much for your videos, my husband and I love to watch them and we will be coming to Ghana next year. Elaine & Marlow Jones
Which month?
What most Ghanaians don't know is that Banku originated from the Ewe people among the Ewedomes but was nicknamed #Banku by non Ewes, Anlo Ewes eat Akple a lot.
🤣 great video I love it more like this!
Interesting
Nutifafa is my cousin’s name. Loved the video. I love that I’m an ewe.
Thank you Dela for this video. Although Nappie got some info wrong, I very much enjoyed his efforts teaching us about my people on the Ghana side. I would love to invite you and the family to Togo next time I am home post covid-19 😔.
Nice
Awesome you are representing now.Ewes👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks again it's always a pleasure to learn some more stuff before I arrive The guy I'm engaged to Mother is Ewe
when are you visiting Africa?
@@nasto4u850 I wanted to get there before the end of the year I have run into some set backs but I Am Still coming
@@jillcabler3398 can we link up?
@@nasto4u850 Sure we can
Wow 🤩! ɛ wɛ apɛɛ. Dela I am really impressed. This is great content. Thanks for this. Brace yourself, I shall look you up when I visit GH. You could have asked about how children of the Ewes are named. We need that information. You’ve been busy, this is back2back. Great work. I loved it. 🙏🏿🙏🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👏🏿👏🏿. I shall subscribe to the gentleman’s channel. 😎
Yes I’m going to make that a separate video. I have a VERY long list of topics lol.
Dela, nice video but much inaccurate information. This gentleman should have pointed you to someone who can give you the right information. I can point them out but too many. Good effort though.
Heads-up! Wikipedia has the alphabet of the Èʋe language oo....you can copy/paste the letters that are not in the English alphabet
Detailed one
instagram.com/tv/CAwyrP1l1TH/?igshid=1wbmuo3gpgybs
Hey. My dad always talks about the voltaire region. And like your Explanation
Iam proud to be an ewe. We have also yakayakee and a lot.
That was really informative. 😀we need language courses for those of us coming from the 🥶 😂
Indeed!
Dela I love such videos..Ghana is truely divers and that's makes us all beautiful..I wish I could speak as much dialects as possible..together we stand firm
✊🏾
I learned about my people today! 🙏🏿❤ Thank you both for the awesome lessons. Dela, I was so worried about you falling in that gutter 🙆🏾♀️ Whew! 😓
Awesome. All this time I never knew you were eveo
I am not Ewe but I also felt our brothers attempt was very hollow and misinformed. Most of this information is in text books if you studied in Ghana and paid attention. So, I can't even blame our education system. We should know ourselves as Ghanaians, it prevents the misunderstandings and stereotypes and moves us all forward.
Thank u so much dear. I am Ewe myself. But what this is saying most of the story is wrong.God bless u 🙏
Sorry, what this guy is saying is wrong!
I am Ewe from Togo by way of my mother, I am so excited!!
It goes by the father, but yeah.
Pls you need a good historian or some elderly people from Volta to educate us if you really wanna do this well. Nappy did his best but it was scanty to me.....
a lot of people watching you and let’s not misinformed them. It’s Ganu not borborbor.... the dances are similar but not same.
It is called bɔbɔbɔ in Togo
Ewe sounds like Haitian creole except Haitian Creole has way more
French, and they also practice Vodoo. I wonder if the majority of
Haitians came from Ewe people?
I would love to know too
Haitians were wholly taken by the French from the kingdom of Dahomey in today's Benin Republic. History says their revolutionary leader Toussaint Levature - the Legba who opens doors - who had driven the French away in a bloody defeat was a son of ferocious female fighters of the kingdom called MIANORWO aka the Amazons of Dahomey whose fighting spirits were adapted into the movie Black Panther as the Dora Milanje warriors.
@@Agboka from the little I know they say that Toussaint Louverture's father was the brother of an Aja king who was captured and shipped into slavery in Haiti. Apparently the Aja, Fon and Ewe peoples are closely related.
Ewe does not really sound like HC, Haitian créole sounds a lot like French in aspects but has words of African origin, yes including ewe, wolof and other languages, but to say if sounds like Ewe, totally different cadence
My Haitian mother in law told us that they are Ewe, also about Ehveh. She knew this for more than 80 years!!We have been to my mother in law her mother and grandma her house and still see neighbours and family with the white circle painted on their body, just like today in Ewe ceremonies !! Also the chains on their neck, the same colour as the Ewe people. But Haitian people come from different places in Africa
We recognize a few traditions.
So we are happy to know that from mother in law side we are PROBABLY connected to the Ewe people.
Ewe people come from Egypt because of a Huge EXODUS!!!
We are according to my Haitian mother in law and their family the bible people! This knowledge was already known before the CZcams era where everyone is claiming to be the Exodus people...
Your better at the Ewe language than you think Dela. Me I only know 2 words. Apparently I used to be fluent in it until London knocked it out of me 😔 . I had plans to visit Ghana in the summer and tour the Volta Region and document it but due to Covid that trip got cancelled. Planning for next year by God's Grace and hopefully meet up with you @NaturalGhanaGirl.
Peace ✌
Also planning so we can do this together you can mail me if you don’t mind gyamlos@gmail.com
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
My grandma is Anlo. She once told me how they ordered bees 🐝 to attack someone. The bees traveled to the person's house. According to her, the person did something wrong. Anyways, she's now a Christian.
Eeeeeiii this guy will kill me ooooo 🤣🤣🤣Zakplizeze... what the heck is that?
No Ewes have ever heard of that dish oooooo! 😀😃😄😁
THE HISTORY OF THE EWES aka ERVEH or ‘VEGBE TO- O’ (Pre ile ife)
The dish that actually denotes our true origin before ile Ife is Ayi or ‘borbor’ aka creamy boiled black eye beans or brown beans, which we eat with gari and well seasoned fried palm oil called Zomi. It happened that, we used to reside with tribes like the Gadangbes, in that part of Afrika now called Israel and surrounding areas, until the Assyrians invaded and our Ancestors fled further into Afrika. During the flight, they stopped in Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Egypt, Sudan, Mali, and ended up at ile ife.
We also derived the name Ayigbe, which was originally ‘ Ayi Gble’ ( bean farm).
This name stuck with us when the Gadangbes noticed that we always planted black eye beans wherever we stayed or camped during our flight from the Assyrians. It is therefore not an insult to call an Ewe, Ayigbe, since it deepens and enriches the history of our origins.
My maternal great grandfather was Torgbui Adaku Dosu VII of Atorkor Anloga, and I spent a lot of my childhood holidays with my grandmother Fiavi nyorlu (Princess) Akuyo Mansa Dosu, her sisters and my extended maternal royal relatives.
The fact is that, Ewes are the only Ghanaian tribe in whose dialect you can trace huge chunks of the original Hebrew language. This is why our language is labeled difficult to speak or learn. Many Ghanaians who deem us difficult and wicked, fear the originality of our sacred sciences and are intimidated by our deep indigenous spirituality.
We are the real deal, for we are the scribes and most royal, even though we do not randomly flaunt it in golden palanquins like other tribes.
Like the Gadangbes, we adhere to an indigenous priesthood system of priestesses, initiates and call on the waters of the Nile which sustained us during our flight, we also use hyssop for cleansing and adorn ourselves with it during indigenous celebrations. We have nothing to do with Judaism and the Torah but their religion gleaned facets of our indigenous spirituality. We do not call ourselves Hebrews, neither are we Israelites because we Afrikans have walked this earth longer than the Europeans now known as the Jews. We will therefore not diminish our heritage by denying that we once did lived in that area usurped by the Western powers and created a State in the 1940’s, to expand their global reach and socioeconomic interests.
👇🏾HERE ARE SOME FACTS👇🏾
Ewes brought the local production and consumption of gari to the Ghanaian local industry and meal table respectively.
We also remain the only tribe that turned the regular palm oil into a well seasoned tastier one.
We eat steamed or turned dumplings like Abolo, yakayake, amorkukpke, kokotekple, dzemkple, eworkple, pino, etc, eaten with soups and raw sauces and soups like: fetridetsi, lamumudetsi, lapipi detsi, amadetsi, ademedetsi, gbomadetsi, ededetsi, azidetsi, borbitadzi, akpatadzi, akpatogui tadzi , kalami etc.
We are also famous for inventing most of Ghana’s local snacks like, 👇🏾
Sitatsi kpono, sukli ne, aliha , dzowe, and breakfast porridge like, korkli, akatsa, aboda, akla, zorklali, etc...
Peace to all...✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🇬🇭
Charlie you get too much vibe....but seriously natural girl should do more research about her background and get personnel with rich history about the Ewe people....
You left out "Ele-nwono" that locally made drink that tastes like Malt!
Thanks for especially letting us know why the Ewes are called "Ayi-gbe" people.
Thanks for the ayi-gbe explanation! I used to think it meant 'ayi' refused something; and always wondered who 'ayi' was, and what the something was.
Agbeli Kaklo?
I appreciate the fact that we Ewe's are trying to put our stories out there, but we should ensure accuracy with the info we put out about us. And please the Ewe language we speak in Ghana comes in varieties and flavors such as the Vedome, Agave, Mafi and yes of course Anlo to just mention a few. And also some parts of Eweland were already part of GoldCoast before the GoldCoast got independence and the whole plebiscite issue, those settlements existed way before the Ashantis and other some ethnic groups migrated to present day Ghana. We are largely misrepresented and misunderstood as a people so let's strive for the truth and accuracy when we ourselves are telling our story. No ill intended I respect what you guys do here. NUTIFAFA✌
Nappie is wrong on most of the story
I love being a Togolese Ewe. Ewé from Bè to be precise. Some Ghanians that I met in the US always have a different attitude when they learn I'm Ewe. Don't know why, or when you say you from Togo, the first thing they ask you is to know if you Ewe. Weird. Anyway Ntifafa na wo looo Déla! You did excellent! 😊
Bro, we need to go to the farms oooooo ❤❤❤❤❤
My late grandfather's parents came and settled at kwahu from Peki-volta.He was called Adega.
Nappie tells the history of the migration of Ewe people in the 15th century under King Agokoli but ignores recent history.
German Togoland had an area of 88,500 square kilometers. In November 1918, after Germany lost the First World War, 2/3 of Togo were given to France, the remaining 1/3 was given to the British. Only In 1956 after a referendum, the part administered by the British would join Ghana. French Togo will gain independence in 1960.
The volta region belonged to Togo.
thanks for the clarification, nappie knows absolutely nothing about the history of the ewe people. Most of the tribes in west Africa migrated around the 15th century and found themselves where they are today.The volta region belonged to Togo until 1918 and joined Ghana only in 1956. That's fact
He mentioned it briefly at the beginning of the conversation
So is that why there is civil unrest on the volta region with togo. I heard those in the volta regions wants to go but togo wont allow them thus kill them if they dare flee is that true?
@Zion Roots My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge...
I'm not talking about division but history and apparently you don't like knowledge or truth
Some part of volta region from keta towards Accra already belonged to the Gold Coast. It was the eastern part of volta region that was in the transvolta togoland
We are just like the Indians who are beautiful people who believe in their God's.
Hey, where are you filming this.
The anlos were part of Gold Coast even though we have close similarities to the ewes in Southern togo (lome) than our brothers in the north.
The only Ewe district part of Togoland were the Ho and kpandu district. The rest aren't ewes but Guans, Northerners and some few Akans. The districts are South Mamprusi, North Dagomba, Nanumba Gonja, Akan Karachi and Buem (also all districts).
The western Togoland separatist are just fighting to have a semi autonomy just like Monaco in France. In technical words more of union which they signed up for not integration hence semi autonomy
Sis you are so lovely ❤️🇧🇪🇸🇱
Thank you 😊
Points correction we were part gold cost, remember modern Ghana Ewes were the first to join Ghana formation
Proud Eve
I like this guy Nappie 👍🏽
Love it✌
point of correction ...we did not migrate to Ghana ...we were on our land which is the Volta region we know today ...infact it was part of Togo ..we just decided to join Ghaa to be one country.... Parts of Volta was alreAdy part of the gold coast like the anlo side . get an elder and do this episode again
I've recently just seen my family tree written by my great grandmother and I'm going through an identity crisis. Turns out I'm moreso Ewe than Ga. I feel like I've been lied to all my life. So D, I'm now your "countrywoman". All the anti-Ewe people beware🤣🤣
I took dna test and they say am 46togo/54%Ghana and I thought I was 100% Ashanti 😁😁😁😁😁
@@Ghanadiaries Hahahaha
Great
This guy don't no how to speak the ewe laguage and he don't even no the history
East Nigeria celebrates "yam festival" too.
Really, interesting.
Della, your content is good, but just like the Akan segment that you did, this also lacked accurate facts. Please next time get real experts, otherwise it's a disservice and you will be unwittingly spreading misinformation, people take their tribes, traditions and cultures seriously, so take this criticism in good faith, and do your own research as well, it will put you in a stronger position.
The resource person doesn't know much of EƲE history, Culture, Tradition and Spirituality. I will advise you get someone will vest in EƲE tradition. Our history is more deeper than we think. Thanks
ahh Mia Woezor loo am part Ewe, Kwahu , Safaliba.
0:29 oh I know that guy. You are both Ewe ok.cool.
Sorry it's Ile-ife in present day Nigeria ,Osun state to Ketu ,Benin Republic
We need time lines of Ewe history!
11:21 Ewe use the stool too for chiefs like the Ashante.
It’s funny how I am always the first person here 😂
Nice video. However, Ewes are not a monolith. It would have been nice to highlight some of the subgroups/dialects. That would require more than a 15-minute video though.
Are accent was great for some words
6:17 Agbaja and bobobo dances.ok
Omg I'm Ewe!!! Hey my name is Aku Sena Fiakpui... Can you respond?! From Canada and bring that okrA stew!!!
I know that Aku is mostly given to girls born on Wednesday and Sena in a nutshell means ''provided/given by God''
From Keta to Sogakope and even beyond were Gold coasters not Togolese it is the northern part of the Volta Region which used to be Western Togoland. Did Keta to Sogakope vote in the Plebiscite? No, because it wasn't part of Western Togoland. Let us talk more about our heritage now.
Ewes be about that culture!
Nappie Briggs are we related?
A Fulani from Gambia told me bad things about Ewe. I asked him about them because I have Ewe and Fon in my DNA
What were the bad things the Fulani told you?
The Eves are fair to understanding….
What part of Ghana is this?
Great but beautiful ghana girl Get the history right. Nappie you tried. Stay blessed.
I'm purely my mother is zambian/Zimbabwean and father is from Ghana. They met in University of Saskatchewan which is the one of the tops in the late 1970/early to mid 80s. My brother was born in 85, me 86. I was born at the University of Alberta (UofA) and received my Bachelor degree with Majoring in psychology and minor in sociology. So what's up
Forgot y to say that I am from Edmonton alberta CANADA lol
Credentials aside.., lollll what's wrong with u
Good to know. Where in Ghana does your father come from, dear?
I taught I knew a lot from social studies , but Nooo I learnt a lot today.
# zakple zeh zeh
Hebrews
ewes were also from ile ife, nigeria? oh wow because the ga’s were from ile ife too
We're mixed. You'll find a lot of Ga-Dangmes with Ewe names and a lot of Ga names with Ewe roots like Tetteh-Tetevi-Tetey-Tete or Adote-Adotey-Adotei which are found throughout Togo and Benin.
More like the street version of Ewe history, great attempt, but also lots of misinformation from my boy Nappie, Hey some has to tell the story, have always been interested in our African anthropology oral history, because a lot problems we have in Africa today is because we don’t know much of our past, but we all the children of the same mother, through ancient migration to modern day, our languages have been altered, and stories changed, my grandmother always told me Ga’s and Ewe’s migrated thru Ethiopia
@ sikaabbey8307 as you said it's not true ! I was born a mother Togolese, a father Ghanian ... Togo is the owner of Ewe language , the alphabet of EWE was written by Germany when Germany colonized Togo before French .... there's many languages that sounds like ewe but not topically Ewe . If you want to know about Ewe's origin go to Notsé ... Ewe people came from Nigeria and cross Benin ... and came to( Togoland , Tohun - Tététou - Asrama- and Notsé ) NOTSÉ is the base where all Ewes star going families or group and later became a town,. City ..... Even the man who helped the lady doesn't speak correct Ewe !
I UNDERSTAND FROM JUDITH SERWAA'S VIDEO ON ASHANTI AND NORTHERN GHANA NAMES, THAT "KWAME" MEANS SATURDAY... WAS YOUR HUSBAND BORN ON THAT DAY?
Pls check the real history well from the older generations then the Ewe people are ancient people mixed part of the Ga Adangbes and from biblical Hebrews of the Tribe of Dan. ... A fact!!!!!
Yes! Facts!
His father is from the KA tribe
Sorry I meant GA 😆
There are so many tribes in Africa it amazing i am wondering which one i am a descendant of.
My brother. Try and learn of our history and migration well.
Nappies how and where did you do your research,hmmmm all the same you tried your best.
2:53 Anlo dialect of Ewe? Cool.ok
2:24 number 9? Lol.ok
This guy have no clue about Western Togoland History. Ewe people have never fled their land.